William Morris,Photography, and Frederick H. Evans

Abstract

In 1896, the year of Morris's death, Frederick H. Evans took several pictures of Kelmscott Manor (figure 1). Some months earlier, following Morris's advice, Evans photographed a thirteenth-century barn nearby (figure 2). These pictures eventually illustrated two articles, the first a posthumous tribute to Morris in an Arts and Crafts magazine, the other by Evans in a photography periodical.¹ Together they are the most artistic photographs connected to Morris, depicting buildings and spaces he loved. Although photography is not one of the many endeavours usually associated with him, it was nevertheless an important part of Morris's creative universe.