Accession number
PML 76922.67A
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 466 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: 126 x 168 mm; sheet: 201 x 224 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "75. p. 466" in pencil at upper left; inscribed "Feb 7 1896" in pencil below image; with "p. 466" in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "The house of fame", showing Chaucer with the eagle watching a large, rapidly spinning wicker house.
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