Proof of a wood engraving for "The clerk's tale", designed by Edward Burne-Jones, for page 132 of the 1896 Kelmscott edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer [print].

Proof impression on smooth proof paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate page 132, "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).
Printed within a decorative foliate border designed by William Morris.
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.