KELMSCOTT MANOR : AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE - Softcover

A.R. Duffy; John Cherry; Jan Marsh; Don And Pat Chapman; Linda Parry; Anna Eavis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0854312692 ISBN 13: 9780854312696

Publisher: Published by The Society of Antiquaries of London, 1996

Synopsis

This is an illustrated guide to Kelmscott manor, a Tudor farmhouse adjacent to the River Thames. It was built in 1570, with an additional wing added to the northeast corner in about 1665. The Manor is built of local limestone on the edge of the village of Kelmscott. William Morris 1834-1896 chose it as his summer home, signing a joint lease with the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the summer of 1871. Morris was a British craftsman, designer, writer, typographer, and Socialist. Now owned by the Society of Antiquaries, Kelmscott Manor is regularly visited by tourists. This illustrated guide contains the Morris family history, history of the manor itself and several color photographs and illustrations. It also contains several facsimiles of Rossetti's work. Shows a little wear at the head of the spine. iv , 40 pages. stiff paper wrappers. 4to..

About this edition

• Publisher: Published by The Society of Antiquaries of London
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0854312692
• ISBN 13: 9780854312696
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40