Accession number
PML 76938.5:10
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); ultimately rejected by Morris, along with the other designs executed by Gaskin to illustrate Morris's book.
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); ultimately rejected by Morris, along with the other designs executed by Gaskin to illustrate Morris's book.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 84 x 62 mm
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 67).
Summary
Illustration shows a Ralph standing in the foreground beside a fire, as a young woman (Ursula?) approaches at left.
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