Proof of a wood engraving for "The clerk's tale", designed by Edward Burne-Jones, for page 139 of the 1896 Kelmscott edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer [print].

Proof impression on wove 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.
Signed with Hooper's monogram at lower left.
An uncorrected state, before the lines were reduced in Griselda's palm and the dark line in the center of the floor was retouched.