[Crown and scepter] [art original]

Description

Title: [Crown and scepter] [art original]
Creator: Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created: [between 1884 and 1890]
Publication Place: New York?
Abstract: A drawing of a crown and scepter; the gold crown is decorated with large jewels and purple cloth
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Signed by the artist with initials in lower right corner of image.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Date from decorated title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890".
Window mounted below drawing is an engraved portrait of King George III.
Bound in as page 278 in volume 3 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Provenance: Borden Sale, American Art Gallery, 17-19 February 1913, lot 812. Rains Galleries, New York, NY, 27 November 1935 (W.D. Breaker sale), lot 688, bought in by Breaker. Purchased from William D. Breaker (through G.A. Baker) by W.S. Lewis, 1939.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 8 x 14 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors American 19th century
Material: watercolor ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Crowns
Scepters
Subjects: Crowns
Scepters
American > 19th century
Borden, Matthew C. D. (Matthew Chaloner Durfee), 1842-1912 > Ownership
Breaker, William D. > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: David Edward Cronin, Crown and Scepter. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.