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Catalog type History
Catalog date 06/30/2010
Collection Historical Documents
Date 1891
Description Letter from William Morris, English author, dated December 11th, 1891. Address line reads, "Kelmscott House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith." In the letter the artist states, "Since you are a Socialist, you can probably understand that this degradation of the arts is the natural and necessary consequence of false society, which breeds artificial famine on all hands."
Category 8: Communication Artifact
Object ID 2010.9.242
Object Name Letter
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