. Modern book-bindings & their designers. Brifisli Bookbiudiiis:s. DESIGXEI) HV TALWIN MORRIS (Blackic <sr Son) trade-work by those whom we generally associatewith \Mlliam Morris and his circle, it would beunjust to omit the name of W. Harrison Cowlishaw,who, though chiefly distinguished in archi-tecture and the larger branches of designand handicraft, has contributed by theneglected art of illumination to the beautifyingof hand-liound books, and has given us oneor two cloth cover-designs of agreeablememory. Near, but yet clearly distinct from theKelmscott group, is the delicate and highlyp
. Modern book-bindings & their designers. Brifisli Bookbiudiiis:s. DESIGXEI) HV TALWIN MORRIS (Blackic <sr Son) trade-work by those whom we generally associatewith \Mlliam Morris and his circle, it would beunjust to omit the name of W. Harrison Cowlishaw,who, though chiefly distinguished in archi-tecture and the larger branches of designand handicraft, has contributed by theneglected art of illumination to the beautifyingof hand-liound books, and has given us oneor two cloth cover-designs of agreeablememory. Near, but yet clearly distinct from theKelmscott group, is the delicate and highlypoetic talent of R. Anning Bell. Thoughfinding its fullest and happiest expressionin gesso, it has been abundantly fruitful indecorative black and white, in exquisiteillustrations and title-pages, and in cover-designs which fascinate us, not by power,but by a rare simplicity and purity of con-ception, a subtle and ethereal grace. Theartist belongs to the line, perhaps, mostsure of its succession—the line of thosewho concern themselves with beauty, andbeauty alo
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