Accession number
PML 76922.12A
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 132, "The clerk'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: 125 x 169 mm; sheet: 160 x 210 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched by the artist in white and pencil with instructions to the engraver to outline Walter's knee and the top of his helmet in white; signed with Burne-Jones's initials, with "Done Jan 23 '95" in pencil at lower right; numbered "16" in pencil at upper right, and "p. 132" on verso.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The clerk's tale", showing an interior with Griselda holding her child in her arms at left and Walter, wearing his helmet and sword, standing at right.
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