In The Books of William Morris (p. 122), Buxton Forman says of the Hammersmith Branch: "The Branch was conducted, as might be supposed, not without regard to the adornments of life. The card of membership, a folding card measuring 6 inches by 4½, bears a charming design by Mr. Crane; and those who have their cards still may please themselves with the thought that they possess, with the poet's autograph, if not a positive portrait of him in the punning character of a smith hammering, at least a stalwart man with a handsome face intentionally of the Morris type."