Accession number
PML 76922.11D
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 wove paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate page 129, "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.
From a drawing by Burne-Jones, the design reworked for transfer to woodblock by Robert Catterson-Smith, and subsequently engraved by William Harcourt Hooper.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 129 x 170 mm; sheet: 193 x 211 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "15" in pencil in upper right; signed with Edward Burne-Jones's initials in pencil at lower left; inscribed "Recutting done-" in pencil at bottom; with "p. 129" on verso.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The clerk's tale", showing Griselda attended by five young women who are dressing her in new robes, with a wicket fence behind them.
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