William Morris
1834-1896
Decorated border design for William Morris, "Well at the World's End", published in 1896 by the Kelmscott Press
1890s
Full sheet: 11 1/4 x 7 13/16 inches (285 x 199 mm); design area: 10 5/8 x 7 7/16 inches (269 x 189 mm)
Pen and black ink, brush and black wash, white tempera on paper.
1976.51
Gift of Patrick Ferry.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in Morris's hand in pencil in central area within decorated border, "2nd 1st (cancelled) border of Well / Keates".
Associated names
Ferry, Patrick J., former owner.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Well at the world's end.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Well at the world's end.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 278.
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Century Drawings
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