Accession number
PML 76923.1
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1893]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Needham, citing Sydney Cockerell, dates Morris's creation of this rejected border design to February of 1893.
Trial page consisting of a repeated passage from the "Knight's tale", with a hand drawn border around the letterpress executed by Morris in black ink and china white over graphite and abandoned by him before completion.
One of a group of four layouts in an early state: the text is printed, with woodcuts pasted in place and borders added in china white.
Description
1 sheet (1 page) ; 42 x 29 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet: Early trial of Chaucer.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 46).
Classification
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