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

Accession number
PML 76924.2
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
1895.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
The Morgan Library owns a proof impression of the wood engraving after this drawing, dated "29 Nov/95" (see PML 76924.9).
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Small sketches in pencil of a letter form ("P"?) and coat of arms in the margins of the drawing; partial sketch of a letter form on verso, and "p. 420" written at lower left.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 47).
Summary
Design for a large decorated initial word "After", 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 421.
Classification
Department