Letters, 1871-1914.

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Letters, 1871-1914.

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Letters by Crane to various correspondents concerning his work, exhibitions, and personal matters. Of special interest are seven letters to Sir James Dromgole Linton discussing artistic matters, the Art Workers Guild, the South London Art Gallery, and the invention of a method of tapestry-painting in indelible colors (1884-1895); to Gleeson White on the effect of the camera on art (1893); and to Edmund Evans about printing colors (1884). In an extensive 7 p. letter to Henry Holiday Crane discusses Sir Ebenezer Howard's 'To-morrow: a peaceful path to social reform' (London, 1898). Crane expresses his ideas about planning a "garden city", the ideal of a planned residential community. Crane criticizes Howard's scheme as lacking the means to prevent the accumulation of capital in private hands and thus becoming a commercial enterprise. Letters concerning plans for exhibitions include one to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson about a possible combined Morris/Burne-Jones exhibition to be held by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (1898). With one letter from the Art editor of 'Black and White' apologizing for attributing Crane's 'The Bridge of Life' to George Fredrick Watts (1896). Arranged chronologically.

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Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

South London Art Gallery

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Founded by William Rossiter primarily to exhibit contemporary British paintings; now associated with the Camberwell School of Art. From the description of Constitution and Council minutes, 1893-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83912772 ...

White, Gleeson, 1851-1898

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English art editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, [no year] Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587773 White was an English designer and critic. From the description of Drawings, ca. 1870-1898. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 664110526 ...

Art Workers Guild (Great Britain)

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Watts, George Frederick, 1817-1904

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British painter and sculptor. From the description of Letters, ca. 1859-1903. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82976979 English painter and sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Little Holland House [London], to professor Knight, 1895 July 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660957 From the description of Autograph postcard signed : [n.p.], addressed to Professor Knight, 1902 July 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27...

Howard, Ebenezer, Sir, 1850-1928

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Epithet: shorthand writer, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x0000c9 ...

Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905

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Evans was born Feb. 23, 1826 in Southwark, London, England; at 13 years old, he became reading boy at Samuel Bentley's, printers in Shoe Lane; in 1840 he was apprenticed to wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells; started business as wood-engraver, first on Fleet St. and later on Racquet Court; became known as color engraver, printing The poems of Oliver Goldsmith (1858) and A chronicle of England (1864); color-printed children's books by Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Kate Greenaway; retired in ...

Craik, George.

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Linton, James Dromgole, 1840-1916

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Epithet: PRI British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x00017f Epithet: of Add MS 38808 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000117 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F216 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0002b7 Epithet: Knight 1885 ...

Holiday, Henry, 1839-1927

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English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, to Prof. Knight, 1889 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270468498 ...

Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922

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T.J. Cobden-Sanderson was an English bookbinder, associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Born in Northumberland, his family travelled extensively; he attended Cambridge, but did not take a degree. His intellectual gifts seemed to fill him with despair, and he read constantly, and was often depressed. He eventually became a barrister in London, where he made several important friends, notably William Morris, who introduced him to Annie Cobden; Sanderson and Annie married, and he changed his...