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Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Text by Geoffrey Chaucer, ca. 1343–1400
Title:
Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims
Date:
1810 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 37 5/8 inches (34.9 × 95.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered inside image, upper left: "The Tabarde Inne by | Henry Bailly | The Lodgynge House | For Pilgrims | Who Journey To Saint Thomas's Shrine | At Canterbury"; below image: "Reeve. Chaucer. Clerk of Oxenford. Cook. Miller. Wife of Bath. Merchant. Parson. Man of Lau. Plowman. Physician. Franklin. 2 Citizens. Shipman. The Host. Sompnour. Manciple. Pardoner. Monk. Friar. a Citizen. Lady Abbess. Nun. 3 Priests. Squres. Yeoman. Knight. Squire. | CHAUCERS CANTERBURY PILGRIMS | Painted in Fresco by WIlliam Blake & by him Engraved & Published October 8. 1810. at No. 28, Corner of Broad Street Golden Square"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11092
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Access:
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6141
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