Sketchbook [p. 37]

Maker John Henry Dearle (British, 1860 - 1932)

Maker Morris and Company (London, British, 1861 - 1940)

Collections

William Morris Collection

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

Daten.d.

Mediumgraphite on paper

Dimensions7 x 10 1/8 in. (17.8 x 25.7 cm.) book: 7 x 10 1/4 x 3/8 in. (17.8 x 26 x 1 cm.)

DescriptionSketch at center showing seated female, displaying book-like object, another sitting before her; another standing at right; an arm and half torso sketched at right, 3 femal heads drawn at bottom: at left, the cover of a book entitled: "MOPRIS [sic] / AND HIS WORKS"; below, cabinet with decorative metalwork inscribed "OF / WILLIAM / MORRIS / AND / HIS / WORK", spines of books appearing inside, inscribed: "DECORATIVE ARTS", "ON ART", "AYCER"

InscribedInscribed in lower left in graphite: "WILLIAM"

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Object number2000.5.1840.37