Accession number
PML 76922.28D
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 laid paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate "The romaunt of the rose", page 243 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.
Corrected state, after the rocks at the center of the design were retouched by the engraver to make them lighter.
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.
Corrected state, after the rocks at the center of the design were retouched by the engraver to make them lighter.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 129 x 170 mm; sheet: 195 x 214 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "32" in pencil at upper right; inscribed "Corrected" in pencil below image; with "p. 243" in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's translation of the Roman de la rose, showing the Lover standing at left on the bank of a river in a rocky landscape, gazing at a walled garden in the distance at right.
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