Really Old Old-School Artist: Morris Meredith Williams

On the heels of my post about The Highest Level of all Fantasy Wargaming, I thought I'd post some really old old-school art from Scottish artist Morris Meredith Williams. I haven't had much luck in finding anything too detailed about him on the interweb. He doesn't even seem to have a Wikipedia listing. And if you don't use quotes when you google his name, you get a lot of William Morris results.

Now, you're probably asking, "What do these illustrations from the 1910s have to do with the bizarre wonderment that is The Highest Level of all Fantasy Wargaming?" (And yes, I do expect you to use the words "bizarre wonderment.") Let me go ahead and answer that question in two words... Lawrence Heath.

There's something about Heath's compositions and line work that reminds me of Williams. Check out the link on Heath's name above to view Mike Monaco's posts with some of Heath's work, and you'll see what I'm talking about.

from The Northmen in Britain		from The Northmen in Britain
from The Northmen in Britain		from The Northmen in Britain
from Scottish Fairy Tales		from Scottish Fairy Tales