# Well at the World's End

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BURNE-JONES, Edward](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Woodcut

## Commentary

The Well at the World&#39;s End is a fantasy novel by the British artist, poet, and author William Morris. It was first published in 1896 and has been reprinted a number of times since. William Morris&#39;s romance with pictures designed by Burne-Jones, was painstakingly produced at Morris&#39;s Kelmscott Press at Hammersmith in 1896. Printed on handmade paper, it uses the Press&#39;s own hand-cut and hand-set Chaucer typeface, designed for the monumental Kelmscott edition of Chaucer’s works. The handmade quality of Kelmscott books is itself a homage to the medieval manuscripts and early printed books beloved of Morris and Burne-Jones. The picture shows one of the four wood-engraved illustrations designed by Burne-Jones.

## Related artworks

- [East window: Adoration of the Lamb](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/east-window-adoration-of-the-lamb-r9b5b4728fbd444>)
- [Flora](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/flora-r0341ad6f21e1e2>)
- [Garden of the Hesperides](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/garden-of-the-hesperides-r5ff7b413813db7>)
- [Princess Sabra \(The King&#39;s Daughter\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/princess-sabra-the-kings-daughter-r2aae083d2f5143>)
- [The Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/the-annunciation-r80d7977fc7cfff>)
- [The Arming and Departure of the Knights](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/the-arming-and-departure-of-the-knights-r2bc3137ae2e0d1>)
- [The Baleful Head](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/the-baleful-head-rd934009b9818c5>)
- [The Beguiling of Merlin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/the-beguiling-of-merlin-r3ad58c2bccf81c>)
- [The Days of Creation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/the-days-of-creation-r4e01f751f7dedb>)
- [The Days of Creation: The Fifth Day](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/the-days-of-creation-the-fifth-day-r037d996b3120db>)
- [The Days of Creation: The First Day](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/the-days-of-creation-the-first-day-r42b793e4e6b6e0>)
- [The Days of Creation: The Second Day](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/burne-jones-edward-r60fcc9bbdf4216/the-days-of-creation-the-second-day-rede3d5944f3143>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)