Walter Crane
1845-1915
The Sea-Eagle and Hallblithe before the King of the Glittering Path, 77
1890s
sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches (182 x 140 mm); design area: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (140 x 109 mm)
Pen and brush and black ink, with opaque white, over graphite, on heavy wove paper.
1975.54:2
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Preparatory drawing for a woodcut illustration engraved 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.
Preparatory drawing for a woodcut illustration engraved 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.
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, exhibition catalogue by Paul Needham, Joseph Dunlap, and John Dreyfus, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1976, no. 81B.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, exhibition catalogue by Paul Needham, Joseph Dunlap, and John Dreyfus, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1976, no. 81B.
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Century Drawings
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