William Morris (1834-1896), Poet, craftsman and socialist
Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sitter in 66 portraits
Poet, designer and socialist; contributed a fresco to Oxford Union, 1857, with Rossetti, Burne-Jones and others; married Jane Burden, 1859; founded famous firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co, later Morris & Co; through his own designs, especially for wallpaper, and those of his firm, profoundly influenced Victorian taste; published important books of poetry, Defence of Guenevere, 1858, and Earthly Paradise, 1868-70; helped to found Socialist League, and wrote socialist tracts; started Kelmscott Press, 1890.
by Sir Emery Walker
cabinet card, 19 January 1889
NPG x3731
by Sir Emery Walker
cabinet card, 19 January 1889
NPG x3732
by Sir Emery Walker
cabinet card, 19 January 1889
NPG x3744
by Sir Emery Walker
cabinet card, 19 January 1889
NPG x3745
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass positive, 19 January 1889
NPG x19612
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass positive, 19 January 1889
NPG x19613
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass positive, 19 January 1889
NPG x19615
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass positive, 19 January 1889
NPG x19616
by Sir Emery Walker
half-plate glass positive, 19 January 1889
NPG x19617
by Sir Emery Walker
platinum print, 19 January 1889
NPG x3749
by Sir Emery Walker
albumen cabinet card, 19 January 1889
NPG x3747
by Sir Emery Walker
albumen cabinet card, 19 January 1889
NPG x3748
by Sir Emery Walker
albumen cabinet card, 19 January 1889
NPG x3734
by Sir Emery Walker
cabinet card, 19 January 1889
NPG x3730
by Sir Emery Walker, printed by Walker & Cockerell
green toned photogravure, published 1909 (19 January 1889)
NPG Ax19697
by Henry Halliday Sparling
film negative, early 1890s
NPG x19620
by Henry Halliday Sparling
film negative, early 1890s
NPG x19621
The Hammersmith Socialist Society
possibly by Sir Emery Walker
12 x 10 inch glass plate negative, 1890-1891
NPG x19650
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1st Bt; William Morris
by Sir Emery Walker, after Frederick Hollyer
half-plate glass positive, (27 July 1890)
NPG x19619
by Unknown photographer
platinum print, circa 1893
NPG x3761
Kelmscott House, London
Kelmscott Manor, Lechlade, Gloucestershire
The William Morris Society
Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
William Morris Gallery, London
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