Accession number
PML 76922.6A
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 43 of "The man of law'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: 123 x 169 mm; sheet: 147 x 192 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "8" in pencil at head and "frame 4 [with both "4" repeated and "3" struck out in pencil] and "p. 43" at lower right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The man of law's tale", showing Constance in a small boat adrift in the ocean.
Classification
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