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Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones – The Knights Tale

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Wood-engraving on paper with pencil inscription in the margin (lower right). Numbered 409, in pencil on reverse. Proof of an illustration designed by Burne-Jones for the Kelmscott “Chaucer”: p.30, ‘The Knight’s Tale’, with a knight in armour holding the hand of a lady, while another knight lies on a tomb behind. Block cut by: William Harcourt Hooper. Printed on laid paper by The Kelmscott Press, circa 1896. Presented in a new mount. Provenance: Ex collection of the artist John Cherrington.

 

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Categories: British and Irish, Ecclesiastical, Illustration, Literary, Military, Romantic
Bio: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898)
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Description

William Morris, the 19th-century designer, social reformer and writer, founded the Kelmscott Press towards the end of his life. He wanted to revive the skills of hand printing, which mechanisation had destroyed, and restore the quality achieved by the pioneers of printing in the 15th century.

The magnificent The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer was published in 1896. Its 87 wood-cut illustrations are by Edward Burne-Jones, the celebrated Victorian painter, who was a life-long friend of Morris. The illustrations were engraved by William Harcourt Hooper.

The Kelmscott edition of Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales set a new benchmark for book design at the end of the 19th century. It was also the last great project of Morris’s life, bringing together two of his passions. First, his love of medieval literature, which inspired the subjects and style of much of his own writing. Second, his socialist philosophy, which looked back to a time before mechanisation and division of labour had destroyed, as he saw it, the personal fulfilment and social function of meaningful work.

The book was exceptional in its ambitious number of illustrations and rich decorative borders. ‘If we live to finish it,’ Burne-Jones wrote, ‘it will be like a pocket cathedral – so full of design and I think Morris the greatest master of ornament in the world.’

Measurements

Sheet:

6 in x 8 in. (15.3 cm x 20.2 cm.)

Image

4 7/8 in x 6 5/8 in. (12.5 cm x 16.9 cm.)

Frame or Mount

Mount: 12 in x 13 3/4 in. (30.5 cm x 35 cm.)

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