Accession number
PML 76922.66B
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 house of fame", page 464 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.
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.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 127 x 168 mm; sheet: 195 x 210 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "74. p. 464" in pencil at upper left; numbered "74" in pencil at upper right; with "p. 464" in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "The house of fame", showing Chaucer gazing at Fame who is sitting on an orb wearing a dress covered with eyes and holding branches, with Aeolus standing to her right and blowing his black trumpet.
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