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Alphabet Variations
Three Cyrillic Alphabets
1986
Brush, pen, watercolor and ink on toned paper
Each Letter is a Symbol
Date unknown
Brush, pen, gouache and ink on toned paper
Created for Mark Thompson, who was William's lover at the time.
Animal Alphabet
Date unknown
Pen and ink on Paper
Created for Elizabeth Geraghty who was in the habit of practicing handwriting by writing odd animal names.
Brush Caps Alphabet
1986
Brush, pen, and ink on paper
with quote by Ruskin: "All letters are frightful things.”
It is similar to the one seen on the 1986 cover of ALPHABET- The Journal of the Friends of Calligraphy
Combination of Roman and Uncial Alphabets
Date unknown
Pen and ink on paper
Bruncials
1983
Pen and ink on toned paper
Writings on William’s Work
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Calligraphy Review (Summer 1992)
Calligraphy Review (Summer 1988)
Alphabet (Spring 1986)