Kelmscott Press

printing company founded by William Morris
Organization private_press Q1223332
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Summary

Kelmscott Press is a private press[1]. It draws 537 Wikipedia views per month (private press category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: publishing house[4]
  • Founder: William Morris[5]
  • Headquarters location: Hammersmith[6]
  • Commons category: Kelmscott Press[7]
  • Industry: printing[8], publishing[9]
  • Archives at: University of Maryland Libraries[10]
  • Inception: January 1891[11]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: March 31, 1898[12]
  • Director / manager: William Morris[13]
  • Product or material produced: limited edition[14], letterpress printing[15]
  • Has works in the collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art[16], Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam[17], State Library of New South Wales[18], Harold B. Lee Library[19]
  • Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired[20]

Why It Matters

Kelmscott Press has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . id.loc.gov. Retrieved . id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . lib.umd.edu. Retrieved . lib.umd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . id.loc.gov. id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . lib.umd.edu. Retrieved . lib.umd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . lib.umd.edu. Retrieved . lib.umd.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . lib.byu.edu. lib.byu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . stedelijk.nl. Retrieved . stedelijk.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . collection.sl.nsw.gov.au. collection.sl.nsw.gov.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . lib.byu.edu. lib.byu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · THHAP · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced → limited edition, letterpress printing
    Director / manager → William Morris
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