Accession number
PML 76924.4
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
1896.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen at bottom, evidently in the hand of Sydney Cockerell: Original design by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press Chaucer; on verso, in pencil: p. 138.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 47).
Summary
Design for a large decorated initial word "Fro", the letters set in a grape vine background, created for the Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer where it appears on page 138.
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