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    The Pre-Raphaelites

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    Chart the rise and legacy of the Pre-Raphaelites and see how this most admired British art movement was born. Dozens of reproductions attest to these painters' scrupulous attention to natural details. More than 40 artists are represented, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Arthur Hughes, Edward Burne-Jones, John William Waterhouse, and Ford Maddox Brown.

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    The Pre-Raphaelites

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    Chart the rise and legacy of the Pre-Raphaelites and see how this most admired British art movement was born. Dozens of reproductions attest to these painters' scrupulous attention to natural details. More than 40 artists are represented, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais, Arthur Hughes, Edward Burne-Jones, John William Waterhouse, and Ford Maddox Brown.

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    The Earthly paradise : arts and crafts by William Morris and his circle from Canadian collections

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    Offering a significant review of the achievements of celebrated British artist, poet and social reformer Morris (1834-1896) that also encompasses works by Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Ford Madox Brown and other figures associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, this catalogue provides reproductions and detailed analyses of more than 200 pieces produced from the 1850s to the 1910s, including textiles, wallpaper designs, stained-glass panels, furniture, ceramics and other decorative works as well as paintings, drawings, prints and books. An overview of Morris's career and a discussion of his broad influence on Canadian art and architecture are followed by a 13-part presentation of the featured works arranged by medium, each section prefaced by a summary essay.

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    William Morris Papers

    Manuscripts

    This collection contains the archival and manuscript portion of the Sanford and Helen Berger collection and primarily contains manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera created by or related to 19th century English artist, decorator, poet, and printer William Morris (1834-1896) and his circle. Though this collection is named the William Morris Papers, the Bergers also collected manuscript and printed material related to nineteenth and twentieth century British Pre- Raphaelites, Fine Printing and private presses (Kelmscott Press and the Doves Press), architects, illustrators, and the Arts & Crafts movement (Morris & Co.). The William Morris Papers are perhaps unique among the Huntington's other holdings in that they are an integral part of a much larger collection of stained glass, furniture, tiles, pottery, art work and printed books, making it one of the premier nineteenth century Arts & Crafts collections in the world. The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-2, Oversize Material Box 19, Folder 1)) are arranged alphabetically by author and title. Included in this series are: a minute book, notes, personal reminiscences, lectures, poems, prose narratives and essays. This series includes manuscripts by many authors, most notably by: Edward Burne- Jones, Sydney C. Cockerell, Walter Crane, John Henry Dearle, William F. De Morgan, Frederick E. Startridge, Alice Macdonald Fleming, William Minto, William Morris, Eden Phillpotts and Charles Canning Winmill. 2. Correspondence (Boxes 3-13) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes letters from notable people in the literary, arts, fine printing, publishing and architectural fields in England during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including: Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Ford Madox Brown, Edward Burne-Jones, Georgiana Burne-Jones, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Sydney C. Cockerell, Walter Crane, Evelyn De Morgan, William F. De Morgan, H. Buxton Forman, Arthur Hughes, Edward R. Hughes, William Holman Hunt, W.R. Lethaby, J.W. Mackail, John Everett Millais, Jane Burden Morris, May Morris, William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Simeon Solomon, Emery Walker, Philip Webb and Charles Canning Winmill. 3. Ephemera and Miscellaneous (Boxes 14-18, Oversize Material Box 19, Folders 2-5) is arranged by subject. It comprises approximately 300 items and includes: photocopies of Account Books and various letters, printed material, material removed from scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, material related to Philip Henderson's Morris biography and material related to Peter Stansky's work on The House of Wolfings.

    mssMOR 1-611

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    Charles Fairfax Murray Collection

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    This 62-piece collection chiefly contains correspondence to Pre-Raphaelite artist and art collector Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), as well as a few manuscripts by Murray and seven unsigned pencil and ink sketches, some of which are by Murray. The papers consist of the following: 1. Manuscripts, Correspondence, Sketches (1 Box) are arranged alphabetically by author. The collection includes a few manuscripts by Murray and one unidentified manuscript. Among the correspondents are: Arthur Christopher Benson, Wilhelm von Bode, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, Campbell Dodgson, F.S. Ellis, J. R. Holliday, Charles Holroyd, M. R. James, Henry Currie Marillier, Mary Sandys, William Barclay Squire, and Rowland Strong; additionally, there is a miscellaneous envelope signed by George Cruikshank. The collection also includes seven unsigned pencil and ink sketches, some of which are by Murray. 2. Ephemera (1 folder) is arranged by subject. This folder includes international postage stamps, fragment of a letter, and an envelope. Some material in Italian.

    mssHM 76265-76327