William Morris

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William Morris
1834-1896
Decorated border design for William Morris, "Well at the World's End", published in 1896 by the Kelmscott Press
1890s
Pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white tempera on paper.
Full sheet: 11 1/4 x 7 13/16 inches (285 x 199 mm); design area: 10 5/8 x 7 7/16 inches (269 x 189 mm)
Gift of Patrick Ferry.
1976.51
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Watermark: none.

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Inscribed in Morris's hand in pencil in central area within decorated border, "2nd 1st (cancelled) border of Well / Keates".

Provenance: 
Patrick Ferry.
Associated names: 

Ferry, Patrick J., former owner.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Well at the world's end.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 278.

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