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Design for the initial words "I have" for the Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer [drawing].

Accession number
PML 76924.5
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
1896.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at bottom: Mr. Keates [i.e., the wood engraver Charles E. Keates] please be careful to square this; in pencil above drawing: Boetius Allas; list of 11 numbered scenes or subjects from Chaucer's The Romaunt of the Rose, presumably identified for illustration or decoration, written on verso; also on verso in pencil: p. 385; and: SC Cockerell.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 47).
Summary
Design for a large decorated initial words "I have", the letters set in a floral vine background, created for the Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer where it appears on page 385.
Classification
Department