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"title": "Two Hundred Years of British Prints",
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"title": "Fairy Tales and Fables: Illustration and Storytelling in Art",
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"description": "Psyche, a mortal, has been abandoned by her lover, the god Cupid, in this print. The young woman steps sobbing into a river as her hair flows behind her. This image is one of the few illustrations ultimately realized from an early collaboration between designer William Morris and artist Edward Burne-Jones. Centered on Morris\u2019s retelling of ancient myths and legends, the project was abandoned after they had engraved the illustrations for one of the 24 stories because the pair was unable to find a suitable publisher. The experience ultimately led Morris to establish his own firm, the Kelmscott Press.",
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"citation": "Hepburn, Victoria. \"The Kelmscott Press.\" IN William Morris: Designing an Earthly Paradise. Cory Korkow and Victoria Hepburn, 24-39. Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017",
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