Accession number
PML 76922.60C
Creator
Hooper, William Harcourt, 1834-1912, engraver.
Published
[Hammersmith] : [Kelmscott Press], [1895]
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Proof on Kelmscott paper (with Morris's "perch" watermark) of a wood engraving by William Harcourt Hooper after a design by Edward Burne-Jones to illustrate "The legend of good women", page 443 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 print was retouched by the engraver to thin the lines of the sea at left and lighten details on the ship at left and the figure at right.
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 print was retouched by the engraver to thin the lines of the sea at left and lighten details on the ship at left and the figure at right.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 127 x 168 mm; sheet: 196 x 213 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "68" in pencil at upper right; with "p. 443" in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "The legend of good women", showing two views of Phyllis on the seashore: at left, she is depicted leaning over the stranded figure of Demophoon; at right, she is shown standing with her back to a pillar gazing out to sea at retreating ship.
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