Accession number
PML 76922.59A
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 441 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: 193 x 213 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched in china white, with daubs of red ink on the verso for emphasis(?), instructing the engraver to lighten areas on Philomela's tapestry and the walls and floor of her chamber; signed with Burne-Jones's initials; numbered "67. p. 441" at upper left, "66" in pencil at upper right, and "p. 440" at lower right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "The legend of good women", showing Philomela standing in her chamber gazing out a window at right; directly behind her is her loom, upon which are worked scenes narrating her abduction by Tereus.
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