Title: Sketch of a Fairy or Spirit Emerging from a Shell
Object type: Drawing ; Ornament and Architecture
Date: 1845–55
Artist:  Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] 
Artist bio: British, London 1804–1872 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 12 11/16 x 10 1/16 in. (32.3 x 25.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Fairies, term: Shells