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Design for the initial word "Glory" for the Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [drawing].

Accession number
PML 76924.7
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
1895.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
The Morgan Library owns a proof of a wood engraving by Charles Keates after this drawing, dated 5 December 1895 (see PML 16924.11).
Description
1 drawing.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 47).
Summary
Design for a large decorated initial word "Glory", the letters set in a vine background, created for the 1896 Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer where it appears on page 426.
Classification
Department