Watercolour and pencil on paper, The Hare by Philip Speakman Webb (Oxford 1831 - West Sussex 1915), 1886. A preparatory study for 'The Forest' tapestry designed by William Morris, Philip Webb and John Henry Dearle, and woven at Merton Abbey by William Knight, John Martin and William Sleath, 1887, by Alexander 'Aleco' Ionides, and hung in the study of his London residence, 1 Holland Park, now in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (inv.no. T.111-1926). A pencil and watercolour study of a hare, seated, looking directly at the viewer, the head turned slightly, its proper left forelimb slightly bent and raised. The hare is seated amongst wild tulip, daisy and corn camomile. Below right are two smaller versions of the same animal. The tapestry motif of trailing acanthus is drawn in pencil by the forefeet and lightly traced around the animal at right. Further studies of a seated and hopping hare are at bottom right. With traces of pencil gridlines for scaling up.