DGR sent the drawing in a letter to Mrs. Morris 0f 21 July 1869, the first of a series of letters with accompanying comical drawings that he dispatched to her while she was taking the baths at Ems in Germany. This one came with the following comment: “The accompanying cartoon will prepare you for the worst —whichever that may be, the seven tumblers or the seven volumes. ” (
Fredeman, Correspondence, 69. 91
). The seven volumes refers to the volumes of Morris's epic poem The Earthly Paradise, which came out in (three) successive volumes between 1868-1870.
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British Museum drawing (November 6, 1869)
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
DGR sent the drawing in a letter to Mrs. Morris 0f 21 July 1869, the first of a series of letters with accompanying comical drawings that he dispatched to her while she was taking the baths at Ems in Germany. This one came with the following comment: “The accompanying cartoon will prepare you for the worst —whichever that may be, the seven tumblers or the seven volumes. ” ( Fredeman, Correspondence, 69. 91 ). The seven volumes refers to the volumes of Morris's epic poem The Earthly Paradise, which came out in (three) successive volumes between 1868-1870.