Accession number
PML 76925.4
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
1896.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
An unfinished drawing by William Morris for a foliate frame border apparently intended for an illustration for his 1896 Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Written in pencil at center: Saints in Barley.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 48).
Summary
Design for a foliate border, possibly intended for a wood engraving that was to illustrate the prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale.
Classification
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