Edward Philip Prince (1846–1923) was a British engraver and

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, a cutter of the punches used to stamp the

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used to cast metal type. Working during the period of the Arts and Crafts movement, after

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...

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commissioned him to cut a typeface known as the

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to Morris's design he became known for cutting private typefaces for

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presses. Another client was the

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, whose Doves Type he cut; it was famously thrown into the Thames following a business disagreement. He also worked with the Ashendene Press to cut the Subiaco and Ptolemy types. A somewhat retiring figure, only two photographs of him are known to exist.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prince, Edward British engravers 1846 births 1923 deaths