Accession number
PML 76922.16A
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 Kelmscott paper (with Morris's "perch" watermark) of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate page 153, "The squire'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.
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.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 125 x 169 mm; sheet: 199 x 213 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched by the artist in white and pencil, instructing the engraver to remove or reduce lines in various parts of the design; signed with Burne-Jones's initials at lower left, with "Done" written at lower right; numbered "20" in pencil at upper left, and "p. 153" on verso.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The squire's tale", showing the arrival of the strange knight from India with gifts for Cambyuskan, including a horse of bronze and a magic mirror.
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