Accession number
PML 76922.38B
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1895]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Proof 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 273 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.
Uncorrected state, before the final corrections were made 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.
Uncorrected state, before the final corrections were made by the engraver.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 125 x 166 mm; sheet: 214 x 291 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "45" in pencil at upper right and "p. 273" at lower right; in purple pencil in lower right-hand corner, "Pulled on [illegible] paper".
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's translation of the Roman de la rose, showing the Lover and Bialacoil(?), at left, evidently retreating from the figures of "Danger" (a giant with a club), "Wicked Tongue" (a young man wearing a robe decorated with open mouths), and "Shame"(?) (a young woman at far right).
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