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Self portrait

Drawing
29 July 1856 (made)
Artist/Maker
Morris, William (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Self-portrait by William Morris, half-length seated, facing three-quarters to right. Signed with monogram and dated 'July 29th'.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Portraits
Object type
Drawing
TitleSelf portrait (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil drawing
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing
Brief description
Self-portrait by William Morris, half-length seated, facing three-quarters to right. Great Britain, 1856.
Physical description
Self-portrait by William Morris, half-length seated, facing three-quarters to right. Signed with monogram and dated 'July 29th'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19cm
  • Width: 13.4cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed with monogram 'WM' and dated 'July 29th'.
  • July 28th (dated)
Credit line
Given by Dr. R. Campbell Thompson
Subjects depicted
Self-Portraits
William Morris
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
  • Cat 20; p.38-9 Tim Barringer, Jason Rosenfeld, Alison Smith,
  • p. 38/9 Tim Barringer, Jason Rosenfeld, Alison Smith, Pre-Raphaelites. Victorian Art and Design London: Tate Gallery, 2012. ISBN: 9781849761703.
  • p. 42 [edited by Ciara Moloney and Sally Shaw]. Love is enough : William Morris & Andy Warhol Oxford : Modern Art Oxford, 2014. ISBN: 9781901352634
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
  • Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters And Methods Since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 135, fig. 108
  • Cristina Acidini Luchinat (Editor) Gianfranco Brunelli (Editor) Francesco Parisi (Editor) Elizabeth Prettejohn (Editor) Peter Trippi (Editor) Musei San Domenico (Forlì, Italy) (Host institution) Preraffaelliti : rinascimento moderno Milano: Dario Cimorelli editore, 2024
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.376-1946

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Record createdAugust 1, 2007
Record URL
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