Accession number
PML 76922.7B
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1896]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Touched 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 Prioresses 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.
Intermediary state of Hooper's wood engraving, with the detail removed from the Virgin's halo, but before the background was retouched.
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.
Intermediary state of Hooper's wood engraving, with the detail removed from the Virgin's halo, but before the background was retouched.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 131 x 169 mm; sheet: 164 x 215 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched with white and black ink by Burne-Jones, with several areas of the background lightened to indicate where lines are to removed by the engraver; signed with Edward Burne-Jones's initials in pencil at lower left; at head of sheet, "10. p. 60."
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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