[Sketchbook from Iceland] [192-?]

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[Sketchbook from Iceland] [192-?]

Sketchbook documenting May Morris's travels in Iceland, probably in the 1920s. Sketches are mostly of landscapes in pencil, though there are some botanical sketches and some drawings partially in ink. There are holograph notes in Morris's hand throughout.

[60] p., bound : ill. ; 13 x 18 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7790500

University of California, Los Angeles

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Morris, May, 1862-1938

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May Morris was the younger daughter of William and Jane Morris. She was a skilled embroiderer, teaching embroidery and running Morris & Co.'s embroidery department. She became an important figure in the Arts & Crafts movement, and joined her father in actively promoting socialism. Her introductions to the twenty-four volume set of Williams Morris's works published between 1910 and 1915 provided fresh details of Morris's career and family life. From the description of May Morr...