Design for the woodcut title for The tale of Beowulf [drawing].

Accession number: 
PML 76921a
Author: 
Morris, William, 1834-1896.
Published: 
1890s
Description: 
1 drawing
Credit: 
Acquired before 1976.
Notes: 

Morris's design for the wood-engraved title panel is drawn within a partially torn proof of the woodcut border.
Formerly housed with two leaves of text from the 1895 Kelmscott edition of Beowulf and a proof of the title page border with pencil additions (see PML 76921b-d).

Variant Title: 

Original drawing for the lettering and decoration of title page

Provenance: 
Possibly John M. Crawford, Jr.
Classification: 
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