[Title page decorated with birds] [art original]

Description

Title: [Title page decorated with birds] [art original]
Creator: Cronin, David Edward, 1839-1925, artist
Published / Created: [between 1884 and 1890]
Publication Place: New York?
Abstract: A drawing of five birds in a decorative scrolling pattern on the privately printed title page of an extra-illustrated volume; it fills the space along the right margin and extends over the top of the text block; the top two image show two birds in flight with the three circles below showing birds perched on branches
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Signed by the artist with initials in lower right portion of image.
Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period.
Date from specially printed title page indicating that the volumes of this copy were "... privately illustrated 1884-1890".
Bound as page 10 in volume 7 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 : sheet 38.4 x 28 cm
Language: English

Genre: Title pages
Watercolors American 19th century
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Borders (Ornament areas)
Birds
Subjects: Borders (Ornament areas)
Birds
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, Title Page Decorated with Birds. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.