Accession number
PML 76922.57H
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 438 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 details of Theseus's armor and the background 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 left.
Uncorrected state, before details of Theseus's armor and the background were retouched by the engraver.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 127 x 169 mm; sheet: 213 x 292 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "65" in pencil at upper right; with "p. 438" in pencil at bottom right; inscribed "Dry Paper" in purple pencil in bottom right corner.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "The legend of good women", depicting Theseus in the labyrinth with the clew of yarn given to him by Ariadne.
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