Proof of a wood engraving for "The franklin's tale", designed by Edward Burne-Jones, for page 165 of the 1896 Kelmscott edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer [print].

Proof impression on wove paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate page 165, "The franklin's tale", in 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 Hooper's monogram at lower right.
Uncorrected, early state, before the design was extensively recut, with heavy shading on the drapery and faces of the figures rendered in short horizontal lines, and before the flowers were added in front of the figure of Arveragus, at left, and the overall design was lightened by the refinement of the lines throughout.