William Morris at age 53, by Frederick Hollyer, with a long gray beard, wavy hair, head resting on fist, looking straight ahead, 1887. By Frederick Hollyer - https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZQOAAAAIAAJ Google Books edition of J. W. Mackail The Life of William Morris in two volumes, London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4578235
Today in #LaborHistory 3/24/1834: #WilliamMorris was born. #British #author, textile designer, #revolutionary socialist. Wrote utopian #novel “News From Nowhere.” Founded Socialist League, 1874. Influenced by #Marxism & #anarchism.
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