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TitleChildhood drawings and short story by William De Morgan

Held atSenate House Library, University of London

Reference codeMS913C/2/1

Datec1845-1860, 1920

Creator
- Morgan, Elizabeth Alice De (1838-1853) daughter of Augustus De MorganMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  No information was available at the time of compilation.
- Morgan, Sophia Elizabeth De (1809-1892) née Frend, wife of Augustus De MorganMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  Sophia Elizabeth Frend was the eldest daughter of the nonconformist writer William Frend. She married the mathematician Augustus De Morgan in 1837 and they had 7 children, including the novelist and ceramicist William Frend De Morgan. Sophia collaborated with her husband on studies of psychical mediumship and wrote several books, including a memoirs of her father and her husband.
- Morgan, William Frend De (1839-1917) artist, inventor and authorMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  William De Morgan was the second child of Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871) and his wife Sophia née Frend. He studied at University College London and the Royal Academy before working as a potter and designer of ceramics. In the 1900s he became a successful novelist.

Scope and ContentChildhood drawings and a short story by William De Morgan. Some of the material appears to have been created by his sister Elizabeth Alice and his mother Sophia, as indicated by a note found amongst the material reading 'drawings chiefly very early efforts by W(illiam) De Morgan, which Evelyn might like to see with a very few by Alice and mother'. Many of the drawings are in pencil, although a few are in colour. Some have mathematical calculations on the reverse. Also contains an untitled story written by William De Morgan, beginning with the line 'A boy and a dog went to a park' (undated). Includes a drawing of man drawn on the back of a restaurant menu from 1920, the artist must be someone other than William De Morgan, who died in 1917

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