Accession number
PML 76922.7D
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 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.
Retouched state of Hooper's wood engraving, with the detail removed from the Virgin's halo and areas in the background lightened by the engraver.
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.
Retouched state of Hooper's wood engraving, with the detail removed from the Virgin's halo and areas in the background lightened by the engraver.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 131 x 169 mm; sheet: 183 x 213 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed "Retouched" below image, and "Chaucer p. 60" in pencil on verso.
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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