Accession number
PML 76922.63A
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 "The house of fame", page 452 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: 127 x 168 mm; sheet: 206 x 225 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "71" in pencil at upper left; inscribed "WHH / Dec 20 1895" in pencil below image; with "p. 452" in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "The house of fame", showing Chaucer leaving the temple and seeing the golden eagle descend towards him.
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