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[[File:Alfred Crowquill (BM 1876,0708.2680).jpg|thumb|Portrait of Alfred Henry Forrester, a.k.a. Alfred Crowquill]]
[[File:Christmas with the Yule Log, Illustrated London News, 23 Dec 1848.jpg|thumb|"Christmas with the Yule Log", [[Illustrated London News]],1848]]
[[File:Harvard Theatre Collection - Pantomime, Crowquill, 11, MS Thr 26.jpg|thumb|Undated illustration by "Alfred Crowquill"]]
'''Alfred Henry Forrester''' (10 September 1804 – 26 May 1872) was an English author,  comics artist,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/crowquill_alfred.htm|title=Alfred Crowquill|website=lambiek.net|accessdate=2 June 2019}}</ref> illustrator and artist, who was also known under the pseudonym of '''Alfred Crowquill'''.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Sutherland|author-link=John Sutherland (author)|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzJ3yNVVqtUC&pg=PA164|chapter=Crowquill, Alfred|pages=164|title=The Stanford Companion to Victorian Literature|orig-year=1989|year=1990|isbn=9780804718424}}</ref>

==Biography==

Alfred Forrester was the son of Robert Forrester of 5 North Gate, [[Royal Exchange, London]], a public notary. He discovered an aptitude for literary and artistic pursuits from an early age, and was soon associated with writing for periodical publications, including Colburn's ''New Monthly'', ''Bentley'', and ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' magazine. He often wrote short tales, songs, children's stories, and occasional burlesques.  He could also draw and worked on wood, etchings and caricatures using pen and ink, specialising in anthropomorphic animals, occasionally illustrating stories for his brother [[Charles Robert Forrester]] (1803–1850), who wrote under the pseudonym Hal Willis.

He also made several popular ceramics of curious flowers and contemporary subjects, including a "Memorial of the Great Exhibition of 1851" and a statuette of Wellington Bear. He illustrated plays for children in [[Dean & Son]]'s series, ''Little Plays for Little People''. In 1854 [[Julia Corner]] wrote a play for children based around the [[Beauty and the Beast]] fairy story which was illustrated by Forrester working under the name of Alfred Crowquill.<ref>[http://d.lib.rochester.edu/cinderella/text/beauty-and-the-beast Beauty and the Beast], Russell A Peck, University of Rochester</ref>

Forrester's ''Phantasmagoria of Fun'' appeared in two volumes in 1843 under his Alfred Crowquill pseudonym. It contains humorous sketches with an animal theme.<ref name="Jarndyce" >''XIX Century Fiction, Part I'' (Jarndyce, Bloomsbury, 2019).</ref> His ''Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple...'', consisting of comic tales set in India, appeared in 1861, again under the pseudonym Alfred Crowquill.<ref name="Jarndyce" />

Forrester also illustrated the English version of "Master Tyll Owlglass" as Alfred Crowquill.

Alfred Henry Forrester was buried at [[West Norwood Cemetery]], near London.

==References==
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*Obituary: Death of Alfred Crowquill, The Era (London), 2 June 1872

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*{{Gutenberg author|id=3698|name=Alfred Crowquill}}
*{{Internet Archive author |sname=Alfred Henry Forrester}}
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*Full color page images of [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:5142872 ''Pantomime as it was is and will be by Alfred Crowquill : drawings, undated'']. MS Thr 26. Houghton Library, Harvard University
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*[https://lccn.loc.gov/n82228293 Alfred Crowquill] (pseudonym) at LC Authorities, with 11 records

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