Accession number
PML 76922.7A
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 60, "The Prioress'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.
First or early state, with the decorative detail still present on the Virgin's halo and with the darker background.
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.
First or early state, with the decorative detail still present on the Virgin's halo and with the darker background.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 131 x 169 mm; 153 x 190 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
In pencil at foot of sheet, "before retouching", "note difference in halo &c", "p. 60"; at head, "Prioress", "10."
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The Prioresses Tale", showing The Virgin (right) laying a grain upon the tongue of the widow's son (left).
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