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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].

Accession number
PML 76922.12F
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1896]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
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.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 154 x 199 mm, including border; sheet: 224 x 284 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "16" in pencil in upper right; with "p. 132" on verso.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for "The clerk's tale", showing an interior with Griselda holding her child in her arms at left and Walter, wearing his helmet and sword, standing at right.
Classification
Department