Original Designs for Porcelain and Pottery for Samuel Alcock & Company, Staffordshire

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] British

Patron Commissioned by Samuel Alcock & Company British

1845–55

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Title: Original Designs for Porcelain and Pottery for Samuel Alcock & Company, Staffordshire
Artist: Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] (British, London 1804–1872 London)
Patron: Commissioned by Samuel Alcock & Company (British, active ca. 1828–59)
Date: 1845–55
Medium: Pen and Ink, brush and wash, watercolor and gouache (bodycolor), graphite
Dimensions: 17 1/4 x 12 in. (43.8 x 30.5 cm)
Classifications: Albums, Ornament & Architecture, Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Object Number: 56.527(1–77)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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