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Proof of a wood engraving for "Troilus and Criseyde", designed by Edward Burne-Jones, for page 537 of the 1896 Kelmscott edition of The works of Geoffrey Chaucer [print].

Accession number
PML 76922.78A
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 "Troilus and Criseyde", page 537 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.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 127 x 168 mm; sheet: 179 x 223 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "86" in pencil at upper left; with "p. 537" in pencil at bottom right.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration for Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde", showing Chaucer holding the God of Love's hand and looking at flames engulfing the temple.
Classification
Department