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| Keywords: Blake Canterbury Pilgrims engraving.jpg The Canterbury Pilgrims Copper engraving printed on paper Approximately 1 × 3 ft Multiple impressions in various collections; this impression is owned by The McCormick Library of Special Collections at Northwestern University Illinois USA The Canterbury Pilgrims Trad « Les pélerins de canterbury » Gravure sur cuivre de 33 × 100 cm environ Il existe de nombreux exemplaires de cette gravure ici celui de la bibliothèque McCormick de la Northwestern University dans l'Illinois États-Unis Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims Copper engraving with additions in watercolor by the artist Signature and imprint Painted in Fresco by William Blake by him Engraved Published October 8 1810 at No 28 Corner of Broad Street Golden Square; inscribed below Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims and with the names of the pilgrims Reeve Chaucer Clerk of Oxenford Cook Miller Wife of Bath Merchant Parson Man of Law Plowman Physician Franklin 2 Citizens Shipman The Host Sompnour Manciple Pardoner Monk Friar a Citizen Lady Abbess Nun 3 Priests Squires Yeoman Knight Squire This is a magnificent example of Blake's largest print The engraving is known in five states Blake's use of line engraving emulating the styles of early printmakers Albrecht Dürer and Lucas van Leyden evokes the character of Chaucer's poetry Blake painted the pilgrims after a quarrel with R H Cromek and Thomas Stothard regarding whether the commission had originally been Blake's The painting was exhibited at his brother's Soho shop in 1809 and this engraving was created from it http //www library northwestern edu/librarybriefings/archives/001548 html Page url http //www library northwestern edu/spec/blake/wm_blake_big jpg Image url 1st state 1810 This impression is from the 5th state printed c 1820-23 Creator William Blake Public domain artwork The Wife of Bath Blake jpg thumb left 3rd state printed c 1810-20 with flesh tones added in watercolor Assessments c 2009 1 1 PD-old-100 William Blake's engravings 19th-century engravings Canterbury Tales People with horses in art Pilgrimages in art William Blake's Chaucer | ||||
