William De Morgan and His Wife (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from William De Morgan and His Wife<br><br>He came into the schools at a brilliant moment. Fred Walker that delicately organized genius was his senior by one term. Albert Moore perhaps the most classic painter of the time was already drawing with great taste in the schools and making noble designs some pre-raphaelite some classical. Andrew Donaldson promised much as a student. Henry Holiday was precocious but the greatest genius of our set was 5. Solomon that wonderful little Jew who might have risen to any height of distinction if he had chosen to encourage his great gifts. I was the youngest of the group which was composed of ardent young men furnished with ability and determination to labour hard to deserve dis tinction. It was in this coterie that William De Morgan found himself welcomed. From the day I first shook hands with him till the last when he sat beside me in sickness We were close and staunch friends.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.