Accession number
PML 76922.59D
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 441 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 areas of Philomela's tapestry and the walls and floor of her chamber 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 areas of Philomela's tapestry and the walls and floor of her chamber were retouched by the engraver.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 127 x 168 mm; sheet: 215 x 293 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "67. p 441." in pencil at upper left; numbered "67" in pencil at upper right; with "p. 441" in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "The legend of good women", showing Philomela standing in her chamber gazing out a window at right; directly behind her is her loom, upon which are worked scenes narrating her abduction by Tereus.
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