F.L. Griggs: Original Pen And Ink Drawing 'Kelmscott Churchyard - Morris's Tomb'

Frederick L.M. Griggs 1876 - 1938

Publication Date: 1911

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KELMSCOTT CHURCHYARD - MORRIS'S TOMB (233 mm x 162 mm) (Ref: Comstock 797 (1910)). A drawing in pen and black ink heightened with bodycolour on white wove paper watermarked 'KENT'. The drawing was reproduced as a frontispiece to a volume of the 'Collected Works Of William Morris 1910 - 1915'. Morris was buried at the medieval village church of St. George, at Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, in 1896. His gravestone was designed by Philip Webb an architect, designer and friend of William Morris, who along with Griggs subscribed to the Arts & Crafts ethic founded by Morris. Jerrold Northrop Moore records in his book, 'F.L Griggs The Architecture of Dreams', that on 18 June, Griggs and his friend Russell Alexander, "went over to the Oxfordshire village of Kelmscott, where Griggs made drawings for a new edition of William Morris's works.Griggs took endless care and time finishing his drawings". A Preparatory drawing, in pencil and black ink, accompanies the finished drawing. All in fine original condition.

Seller Inventory # 2022A

Bibliographic Details

• Title: F.L. Griggs: Original Pen And Ink Drawing 'Kelmscott Churchyard - Morris's Tomb'
• Publication Date: 1911
• Illustrator: F. L. Griggs
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by the artist
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