William Morris
1834-1896
Unfinished Design for the Pigskin Binding of the Kelmscott Chaucer
18 1/2 x 11 15/16 inches (470 x 303 mm)
Graphite pencil, brown chalk, black ink, white opaque watercolor, on paper.
1975.55
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in black ink by Sir Sydney C. Cockerell at lower center edge: "Unfinished design by William Morris / for the binding of the Kelmscott Press Chaucer".
Associated names
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Binding design for (work): Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Works. 1896.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Binding design for (work): Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Works. 1896.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 278.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, exhibition catalogue by Paul Needham, Joseph Dunlap, and John Dreyfus, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1976, no. 100B, pl. cxi.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, exhibition catalogue by Paul Needham, Joseph Dunlap, and John Dreyfus, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1976, no. 100B, pl. cxi.
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Century Drawings
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