Accession number
PML 76938.5:4
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1896]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Signed with the artist's initials at lower right.
Proof impression on laid paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Arthur Gaskin to illustrate the Kelmscott Press edition of William Morris's The well at the world's end (Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 8 May 1896); Gaskin's designs were ultimately rejected by Morris and the book was instead issued by the Kelmscott Press with four wood engraved illustrations after designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
Signed with the artist's initials at lower right.
Proof impression on laid paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Arthur Gaskin to illustrate the Kelmscott Press edition of William Morris's The well at the world's end (Hammersmith : Printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, 8 May 1896); Gaskin's designs were ultimately rejected by Morris and the book was instead issued by the Kelmscott Press with four wood engraved illustrations after designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 81 x 63 mm
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 67).
Summary
Illustration shows Ralph standing under guard at left, with the Lord of Utterbol seated on his throne at right.
Classification
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