Frontispiece for The Wood Beyond the World in three states: 1) photograph of Burne-Jones drawing with added pencil, the mount with details of hands and a foot in pencil, the reverse including ink and gouache sketch showing the grass as present in the published version; 2) photograph of a later state of drawing with added pencil background; 3) photograph of a later state with added pencil and gouache, BACKGROUND IN THE HAND OF BURNE-JONES; [together with:] 4) frontispiece for Syr Percevyvelle of Gales comprising photograph with extensive added ink and gouache, the mount with DETAIL OF FACES IN PENCIL IN THE HAND OF BURNE-JONES, ALSO INITIALLED BY BURNE-JONES presumably to indicate the artwork has been passed for engraving; each sheet approx. 150 by 95mm. laid down to card, some extensive browning and spotting.
A: An illustration for Syr Percevyvelle of Gales, from the Thornton manuscript, published 1895 An over worked Platinotype made by Emery Walker, in which Catterson-Smith added black ink and chinese white to convert Burne-Jones pencil drawing into an image suitable to be cut for a woodblock print. Surrounding the main image are annotations by Catterson-Smith and drawings indicative of required corrections by Burne Jones. B: An Illustration for The Wood beyond the World. By William Morris pub 1894. An over worked Platinotype made by Emery Walker, in which Catterson-Smith and Burne Jones have added black ink and chinese white to convert the pencil drawing into an image suitable to be cut for a woodblock print. The background is significantly different from that of the final version. C:An Illustration for The Wood beyond the World. By William Morris pub 1894. An Platinotype made by Emery Walker, in which Burne-Jones has added in pencil a suggestion of the background of the final version D:An Illustration for The Wood beyond the World By William Morris pub 1894. An over worked Platinotype made by Emery Walker, in which Burne Jones has added black ink and chinese white to convert the design of the background into an image suitable for Catterson-Smith to convert.