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Walter Crane
1845-1915
The Sea-Eagle and Hallblithe before the King of the Glittering Path, 77
1890s
Pen and brush and black ink, with opaque white, over graphite, on heavy wove paper.
sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches (182 x 140 mm); design area: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (140 x 109 mm)
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
1975.54:2
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Watermark: none.
Preparatory drawing for a woodcut illustration engraved by A. Leverett, for "The Story of the Glittering Plain" published in 1894 by the Kelmscott Press, p. 77.
The Library was also given the printed volume which first appeared in small quarto format.
Inscription:
Artist's monogram in lower right corner.
Provenance:
John M. Crawford, Jr.
Associated names:
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Morris, William, 1834-1896. Story of the glittering plain.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 259.
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. 81B.
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