The Kelmscott/Goudy Press Prints Again
“ When the auctioneer’s hammer landed on our high bid, I ducked out into the lobby and did what was probably a very grotesque dance. I really couldn’t believe we were successful” -Steven Galbraith, Curator at the Cary Collection at RIT In December of 2013, the press used by William Morris at his famous Kelmscott Press—and later used at the Goudy Press— went under the hammer at Christie's. The winner was anonymous at first, but then it emerged that the press would be going to the respected Cary GraphicArts Collection at the Rochester Institute of Technology . Since settling into its new home at RIT, the Kelmscott/Goudy Press (K-G Press) has been restored by associate curator Amelia Hugill-Fontanel and put to use again. One of its first projects was our broadside, featuring an original portrait of Morris. This month we had short conversations with Steven Galbraith, the Curator of the Cary Collection; Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, the Associate Curator who restored the press; and Steven