Accession number
PML 76922.2
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1896]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Proof impression on smooth vellum paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate "The knight's tale", p. 15 of William Morris's Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 8 May 1896).
Wood engraved illustration printed within decorative foliate border designed by William Morris; evidently a trial impression, with a different border than that ultimately chosen for publication.
From a drawing by Burne-Jones, the design reworked for transfer to woodblock by Robert Catterson-Smith, and subsequently engraved by William Harcourt Hooper.
Wood engraved illustration printed within decorative foliate border designed by William Morris; evidently a trial impression, with a different border than that ultimately chosen for publication.
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: 155 x 200 mm, including border; sheet: 222 x 288 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
With a small sketch showing a simple page lay-out, in the right hand margin.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The Knight's Tale", showing two men (Palamon and Arcite) standing in a wood.
Classification
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