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William Graily HewitorGraily Hewitt (1864–1952) was a British calligrapher and novelist who played a key role in the revival of calligraphy in England in the early 20th century, alongside Edward Johnston.
Hewitt was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] First training as a lawyer, he interrupted his career to write a novel and a volume of short stories.[2] He later attended Edward Johnston's evening classes at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and quickly became a teacher there, and at the Camberwell School of Art, taking up Johnston's previous work.[3] Hewitt remained at the Central School until the 1920s and 1930s, publishing together with Johnston throughout the early part of the century and working with a series of other illuminators over the decades.[4]
Hewitt was central to the revival of gilding in calligraphy, and his prolific output on type design also appeared between 1915 and 1943.[5] His contributions to Writing, Illuminating and Lettering[6] and his guide Lettering for Students & Craftsmen (1930) are considered particularly crucial to the revival of gilding.[7] He is credited with the revival of gilding with gesso and gold leaf on vellum.[8] Elements of Hewitt's work are included in a variety of manuscript books.[9] He was one of the initiators of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, in 1921.[10]
Hewitt sought to link calligraphy and type design, arguing that type should represent creations of pen.[11] The Treyford Type, employed for The Pen and Type Design, was a design of Hewitt's.[12] He also created a series of initials for St. John Hornby's Ashendene Press, during the long period 1902 to 1935.[13] He continued calligraphy up to his death on 22 December 1952 aged 88.[14]
His work is kept in the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection.[15] His pupils included Percy Delf Smith, who he recommended to take over his teaching position at Camberwell.[16]
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