Accession number
PML 76922.79D
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 page 553 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.
Uncorrected state, before the god's shoulder was retouched by the engraver.
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.
Uncorrected state, before the god's shoulder was retouched by the engraver.
Description
1 print : wood engraving ; image: 128 x 168 mm; sheet: 213 x 294 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered "87" in pencil at upper right; with "p. 553" in pencil at bottom right; inscribed "Dry Paper" in pencil at bottom right corner.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford no. 45).
Summary
Illustration shows Chaucer, at left, and the God of Love, at right, in a walled garden; Chaucer holds a large tome under one arm and the god plays a dulcimer.
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