Accession number
PML 76922.10A
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1896]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Touched proof on Kelmscott paper (with Morris's "perch" watermark) of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate page 127, "The clerk's tale", in William Morris's Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 8 May 1896).
From a drawing by Burne-Jones, the design reworked for transfer to woodblock by Robert Catterson-Smith, and subsequently engraved by William Harcourt Hooper.
From a drawing by Burne-Jones, the design reworked for transfer to woodblock by Robert Catterson-Smith, and subsequently engraved by William Harcourt Hooper.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 125 x 169 mm; sheet: 174 x 218 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched with white by Burne-Jones to indicate where lines are to removed by the engraver; signed with Edward Burne-Jones's initials in pencil at lower left; inscribed "Done" in pencil at bottom right, numbered "14" at upper right of sheet, and "p. 127" on verso.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The clerk's tale", showing a young man (Walter) riding past a young woman (Griselda) drawing water at a well.
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