Walter Crane
1845-1915
Hallblithe, the Sea-Eagle, and the Sea-Eagle's Damsel, 98
1890s
Full sheet: 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (248 x 175 mm); design area: 4 5/16 x 4 3/8 inches (109 x 111 mm)
Pen and brush and black ink, with opaque white, over graphite, on heavy wove paper.
1975.54:3
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
Notes
Watermark: none.
One of three preparatory drawings for twenty-three woodcut engravings by A. Leverett, for "The Story of the Glittering Plain" published in 1894 by the Kelmscott Press, p. 77.
The Library was also given the printed volume which first appeared in small quarto format.
One of three preparatory drawings for twenty-three woodcut engravings by A. Leverett, for "The Story of the Glittering Plain" published in 1894 by the Kelmscott Press, p. 77.
The Library was also given the printed volume which first appeared in small quarto format.
Inscriptions/Markings
Artist's monogram in lower right corner. Inscribed in later hand in pencil at upper right corner, "Chap. XV."; below illustration, "4 1/8 inner line".
Associated names
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Story of the Glittering Plain.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Story of the Glittering Plain.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 259.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 81B, pl. LXXXV.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 81B, pl. LXXXV.
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