'Art and the Beauty of the Earth'
Bibliographic Citation
William Morris, “'Art and the Beauty of the Earth',” William Morris Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://morrisarchive.lib.uiowa.edu/items/show/2497.
Title
'Art and the Beauty of the Earth'
William Morris Literary Manuscripts, Vol. XXXVIII (6)
Alternative Title
Essays on Art and History
Creator
William Morris
Date
1886-10-13
Publisher
British Library Add. MS 45,332 (6)
Extent
ff. 106-113
Relation
British Library Add. MS 45,331
Description
'Art and the Beauty of the Earth' delivered at the prizegiving of the schools of Science and Art of the Wedgwood Institute at Burslem Town Hall, 13 Oct. 1881. For text see C.W ., xxii, pp. 155-174. The MS. lacks the first part and beg. at '...something should be done with it which is specially natural to it, something which could not be done with any other'. The lecture is listed under the title of 'England and the Arts' by Briggs, op. cit., p. 10. A MS. of a different version is in 45330, of which a typescript is the following article.