Creator
Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Title
Platinotype illustrations for "Troilus and Criseyde" from the Kelmscott Chaucer.
Date
ca. 1894-1895
Subject
At some point in the two years leading up to the publication of the monumental Kelmscott Chaucer in 1896, Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933), chief engraver and managing partner at the Kelmscott Press, took photographs (platinotypes) of drawings done by Edward Burne-Jones for “Troilus and Criseyde.” Burne-Jones' delicate pencil sketches were notoriously difficult to translate into the robust medium of woodcut, and these platinotypes were a first step in the process of adapting Burne-Jones' work for the press. The photographs are accompanied by proofs engraved on wood by William Harcourt Hooper, and a facsimile copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer from the collection of Grolier Club member, Robert Raymo (1925-2009).
Source
Purchased in 2015 with Grolier Club Library Harper Funds.