Accession number
PML 76922.70A
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 "Troilus and Criseyde", page 471 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.
Uncorrected state, before the blocks in the foreground were retouched 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.
Signed by the engraver with his monogram at lower right.
Uncorrected state, before the blocks in the foreground were retouched by the engraver.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 127 x 168 mm; sheet: 194 x 206 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched by the artist in china and pencil, directing the engraver to retouch a line in the wall in front of the figure of Troilus; signed with Burne-Jones's initials, and numbered "78 p. 471" in pencil at upper left, "78" at upper right, and "p. 471" at lower right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde", showing Criseyde and three other women walking through the temple holding lit tapers, as Troilus looks on at far right.
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