Accession number
PML 76922.17A
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 156, "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 right.
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 right.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 131 x 169 mm; sheet: 164 x 213 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched by the artist in white and pencil, instructing the engraver to remove some of the grass in the center of the design; signed with Burne-Jones's initials at lower right, with "Done" written at bottom center; numbered "21" in pencil at upper right, and "p. 156" on verso.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The squire's tale", showing Canace standing beside a barren tree addressing the grieving falcon.
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