Accession number
PML 76922.4B
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 Kelmscott paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate page 24 of "The knight'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.
Signed with Hooper's monogram at lower left.
From a drawing by Burne-Jones, the design reworked for transfer to woodblock by Robert Catterson-Smith, and subsequently engraved by William Harcourt Hooper.
Signed with Hooper's monogram at lower left.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 129 x 170 mm; sheet: 153 x 195 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "6" in pencil at head of image, and "frame 5" and "p. 24" at lower right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The Knight's Tale", showing Arcite praying to a statue of Mars, shown enthroned with dog standing over the figure of a vanquished man below.
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