Chapter 10 Megg's History of Graphic design

Title page for wren's City churches, Arthur H. Mackmurdo, 1883



The Essex House Press emblem, Charles R. Ashbee, 1902



Title Page from Publius Terentius Afer, William Pickering, 1822



Title page to the Century guild Hobby Horse, Selwyn image, 1884

-The quality of book designs and production declined during the ninteenth century except for works by William Pickering

-William Morris was the leader of the arts and crafts movement, and John Ruskin writer and artist inspired the philosophy of the movement

-Arthur H. Mackmurdo became inspired by Morris’s ideas and accomplishments. Mackmurdo led a group of designers to establish the Century guild.

-The Century guild Hobby Horse began publication in 1884 as the first printed magazine devoted to the visual arts

-Morris named his first typeface Golden based on the venetion faces designed by Nicholas Jenson 1470

-Morris named his enterprise Kelmscott press, it’s first production was the story of the Glittering plain.

-Architect, designer, jewler, and silversmith Charles R. Ashbee founded the guild of Handicraft