Edward Coley Burne-Jones
1833-1898
The Knight with His Withered Fiancée (The Tale of the Wife of Bath)
Design area: 5 1/4 x 6 13/16 inches (131 x 173 mm); full sheet: 7 x 10 inches (178 x 254 mm)
Graphite pencil on paper.
1975.50:6
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr.
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Watermark: none.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
One of eleven preparatory drawings for illustrations to the Kelmscott edition of Chaucer published at Hammersmith in 1896.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil by Sir Sydney C. Cockerell in upper right corner, "WIFE OF BATH 2"; and in bottom right corner, "p. 114".
Associated names
Burne-Jones, Philip, 1861-1926, former owner.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Wife of Bath's tale.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, former owner.
Crawford, John M., former owner.
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Wife of Bath's tale.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 251.
Duncan Robinson. A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer, London, 1975, 46, fig. 30.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95F.
Duncan Robinson. A Companion Volume to the Kelmscott Chaucer, London, 1975, 46, fig. 30.
William Morris and the Art of the Book, no. 95F.
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