Accession number
PML 76922.79A
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 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.
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.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 128 x 168 mm; sheet: 196 x 213 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched by the artist in china white and pencil, directing the engraver to retouch the god's shoulder, numbered "87" at upper right, and "p. 553" at lower 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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