comprising a letter to Katie dated 25th August 1928 from Haltwhistle whilst on holiday with 'MF' (her companion Mary Lobb), asking for a receipt book from W.H. Smith, descriptions of the countryside around Hadrian's Wall, a visit with Celia Roberts etc; A letter to Mary Sloane (member and Honorary Secretary of the Women's Guild of Arts) dated 22nd February 1937 apologising for her inability to attend a committee meeting due to illness, the death of Edward Garnet etc.; and an undated postcard from Kelmscott Manor with travel plans; also a copy of NEWS FROM NOWHERE, by William Morris, published by Reeves & Turner, London, 1891 in an edition of 250 copies, paper covered hardback binding, later covered in Morris & Co fabric, uncut pages, pasted to the inside from cover with the bookplate of William Robinson (1838-1935) and bearing an inscription in ink by May Morris 'In memory of pleasant days at Kelmscott/ May Morris June 4th 1927' Provenance: From the collection of Arthur Halcrow Verstage Note: Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969) was an architect who spent much of his career in the public sector. He was a student at the Royal Academy School of Architecture in the 1900s and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1902. By 1903 he was a student and assistant at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the Central School of Art and Design) in London, where William Lethaby was principal and a great influence on him. He then oversaw the design of the new school in Southampton Row from 1905-8. From here, he became an architect for London County Council, was involved with many London societies and was a founding member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, a forerunner to The William Morris Society. His large and varied collection was a reflection of his wide interest in the arts. His archive was purchased by The William Morris Society in 2005. The Irish horticulturist and journalist William Robinson (1838-1935) had a marked effect on the textile arts during the final decades of the nineteenth century. Author of The Wild Garden (1870) and The English Flowered Garden (1883), Robinson rejected the artificiality and formality of High Victorian pattern gardening in favour of naturalised plantings of perennial shrubs and climbers. This approach found favour with Arts & Crafts textiles designers at the time including May Morris.
comprising a letter to Katie dated 25th August 1928 from Haltwhistle whilst on holiday with 'MF' (her companion Mary Lobb), asking for a receipt book from W.H. Smith, descriptions of the countryside around Hadrian's Wall, a visit with Celia Roberts etc; A letter to Mary Sloane (member and Honorary Secretary of the Women's Guild of Arts) dated 22nd February 1937 apologising for her inability to attend a committee meeting due to illness, the death of Edward Garnet etc.; and an undated postcard from Kelmscott Manor with travel plans; also a copy of NEWS FROM NOWHERE, by William Morris, published by Reeves & Turner, London, 1891 in an edition of 250 copies, paper covered hardback binding, later covered in Morris & Co fabric, uncut pages, pasted to the inside from cover with the bookplate of William Robinson (1838-1935) and bearing an inscription in ink by May Morris 'In memory of pleasant days at Kelmscott/ May Morris June 4th 1927' Provenance: From the collection of Arthur Halcrow Verstage Note: Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969) was an architect who spent much of his career in the public sector. He was a student at the Royal Academy School of Architecture in the 1900s and was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1902. By 1903 he was a student and assistant at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the Central School of Art and Design) in London, where William Lethaby was principal and a great influence on him. He then oversaw the design of the new school in Southampton Row from 1905-8. From here, he became an architect for London County Council, was involved with many London societies and was a founding member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, a forerunner to The William Morris Society. His large and varied collection was a reflection of his wide interest in the arts. His archive was purchased by The William Morris Society in 2005. The Irish horticulturist and journalist William Robinson (1838-1935) had a marked effect on the textile arts during the final decades of the nineteenth century. Author of The Wild Garden (1870) and The English Flowered Garden (1883), Robinson rejected the artificiality and formality of High Victorian pattern gardening in favour of naturalised plantings of perennial shrubs and climbers. This approach found favour with Arts & Crafts textiles designers at the time including May Morris.
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