Accession number
PML 76922.61A
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 legend of good women", page 446 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 by the engraver with his monogram at lower right.
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 by the engraver with his monogram at lower right.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 127 x 168 mm; sheet: 197 x 213 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched by the artist in china white and pencil with directions to the engraver to retouch various details; signed with Burne-Jones's initials, with a note reading "Corrections made" in the lower margin; numbered "68 p. 446" at upper left and "p. 446" in the lower right-hand corner.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "The legend of good women", showing two designs illustrating the story of Hypermnestra: at left, she stands with her father Danaus who hands her a dagger; at left, she stands in her bedroom as Lynceus escapes out the window at far right.
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