Accession number
PML 76922.29B
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 india proof paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate "The romaunt of the rose", page 245 of 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 the engraver's monogram at lower right.
An earlier state, before the ankle of the figure of Poverty was retouched by the engraver.
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 the engraver's monogram at lower right.
An earlier state, before the ankle of the figure of Poverty was retouched by the engraver.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 128 x 166 mm; sheet: 203 x 223 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched in pencil, instructing the engraver to make a minor change to the head of the figure of Poverty; with "p. 245" in pencil at lower right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's translation of the Roman de la rose, showing the Lover outside the garden walls and standing before the figures of "Sorrowe", "Ipocrisye", and "Povert[y]".
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