The Kelmscott Chaucer - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted, 1896. Creator: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones.

The Kelmscott Chaucer - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted, 1896. Creator: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones.

3-029-525 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Kelmscott Chaucer - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now Newly Imprinted, 1896. Pre-Raphaelite artists Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris shared a love of medieval books and poetry. They collaborated on "The Kelmscott Chaucer", a volume containing the writings of English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), and considered by many as the most beautiful book ever printed. Illustrator: Sir Edward Burne-Jones; Assistant: Douglas Cockerell; Publisher: Kelmscott Press; Designer: William Morris; Book binder: TJ Cobden-Sanderson; Assistant: R Catterson-Smith; Photographer: Sir Emery Walker. 87 woodcut illustrations on paper.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones: British; English: Artist, painter
People Related
  1. Geoffrey Chaucer: English, British: Author, poet
  2. William Morris: British: Poet, artist, designer, author, craftsman, political theorist
  3. Douglas Cockerell: British: Bookbinder, author
  4. Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson: British: Bookbinder, calligrapher, printer, writer
  5. Robert Catterson-Smith: British: Artist
  6. Emery Walker: British: Photographer, typographer, process-engraver, printer, publisher, photo-engraver
  7. William Harcourt Hooper: British: Artist, wood engraver and printmaker

Medium
  1. Woodcut

Picture Type
  1. Object

Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Art & Literature

History & Politics Artefacts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3999x3005
File Size : 35,207kb


Aliases

  1. 29564
  1. 1934P675
  1. 0970001638
  1. 29564
  1. 3-029-525
  1. 3029525


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