Grapes and Vine-leaves
![Grapes and Vine-leaves by Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill]](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/grapes-and-vine-leaves-394869.webp)
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and wash
Dimensions
sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 in. (42.5 x 29 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number
56.527(69)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Alfred Henry Forrester, better known by his whimsical pseudonym Alfred Crowquill created *Grapes and Vine-leaves* sometime between 1845 and 1870. A prolific English illustrator of the Victorian era, Crowquill was celebrated for his humorous caricatures, book illustrations, and contributions to periodicals like *Punch*. This delicate drawing, housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department exemplifies his skill in capturing nature's intricacies for ornamental and architectural purposes. Executed in pen and ink with brush and wash on a generous sheet measuring 16 3/4 x 11 ...
About the Artist
Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] · 1804–1872
Alfred Henry Forrester, widely known by his pseudonym Alfred Crowquill, was a versatile British illustrator, author, and caricaturist whose whimsical creations captured the Victorian imagination. Born on 10 September 1804 in London to public notary Robert Forrester, he shared a prolific collaboration with his elder brother, Charles Robert Forrester (1803–1850), who wrote under the name Hal Willis....