Accession number
PML 76925.3
Creator
Morris, William, 1834-1896, artist.
Published
1896.
Credit line
Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Notes
Drawn frame border executed around a proof impression of a wood engraving by W.H. Hooper after an illustration by Edward Burne-Jones for "The Clerk's Tale."
Description
1 drawing.
Inscriptions/Markings
Written in pen at upper right: S.K. Museum loan exhibit Nov 1900 2.; at lower right: Mr. W Spielmeyer; on verso: p. 139.
Provenance
John M. Crawford, Jr. (Crawford 47).
Summary
Design for a grapevine border drawn by William Morris for a wood engraving illustrating page 139 ("The Clerk's Tale") of his 1896 Kelmscott Press edition of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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