The Golden Legend: the Golden Legend of Master William Caxton done anew (volume 1)
1892
Artist, British, 1834 - 1896
Artist, British, 1833 - 1898
Author, Italian, 1230 - 1298
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Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with woodcut title by William Morris and 2 full-page woodcut illustrations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (all in volume 1)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 30.3 × 21.7 × 5.5 cm (11 15/16 × 8 9/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
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Accession
2013.51.1
Associated Artworks
The Golden Legend: the Golden Legend of Master William Caxton done anew (volume 2)
William Morris, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Jacobus de Voragine
1892
The Golden Legend: the Golden Legend of Master William Caxton done anew (volume 3)
William Morris, Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Jacobus de Voragine
1892
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
H.J. St. (?), manuscript note. (Sims Reed Ltd, London); purchased 2013 by NGA.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
vol. 1 in sepia ink on first free endpaper: cat (underlined): Bought October 1892 H. J. [Fi?] (double underlined) / The cover is enclosed in a textile fabric designed by William Morris