Accession number
PML 76922.79B
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1895]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Proof on india paper of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate page 553 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 left.
Uncorrected state, before the god's shoulder was 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 left.
Uncorrected state, before the god's shoulder was retouched by the engraver.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 128 x 168 mm; sheet: 206 x 221 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "87 p. 553" with "last picture" in pencil at upper left; inscribed "Hooper / Sept 6. 95" in pencil below image; with "p. 553" in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration shows Chaucer, at left, and the God of Love, at right, in a walled garden; Chaucer holds a large tome under one arm and the god plays a dulcimer.
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