Accession number
PML 76938.5:5
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.
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.
Impression printed on the same sheet as PML 76938.5:6.
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.
Impression printed on the same sheet as PML 76938.5:6.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 81 x 63 mm
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 67).
Summary
Illustration shows a young man (Ralph), at left, preparing to draw his sword on an elderly bearded man who stands with a staff at right; in the foreground at left, a young woman (Ursula) is shown seated on the ground.
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