Accession number
PML 76922.15A
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1895]
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 139, "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: 128 x 165 mm; sheet: 196 x 214 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched in white and pencil by the artist, with instructions to reduce the lines on Griselda's palm and refine a line in the floor at center; signed with Burne-Jones's initials at lower left, with a note in red ink, probably in the hand of Sydney Cockerell, at lower right, reading, "Corrected Jan 28 '95"; numbered "19" in pencil at upper right, and "p. 139" on verso .
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The clerk's tale", showing Walter presenting Griselda with her two children.
Classification
Catalog link
Department