Accession number
PML 76922.5
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 laid paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate page 30 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 right.
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 right.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 128 x 170 mm; sheet: 145 x 209 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Chaucer p. 30" in pencil on verso.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The Knight's Tale", showing Palamon and Emily standing in front of the tomb of Arcite.
Classification
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