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| Keywords: William Blake - Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims.jpg en Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims Copper engraving by William Blake with additions in watercolour by the artist Third state 1810 “20 In the collection of the Morgan Library 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 one of only three known impressions to which he added watercolor The engraving is known in five states and the present sheet is the only hand-colored example of the third state of the image 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 themorgan org/collections/works/blake/work asp id onDisplay page 5 creator William Blake 1810-20 thumb left 5th state printed c 1820-23 PD-old-100 William Blake's engravings William Blake Geoffrey Chaucer Canterbury Tales William Blake's Chaucer | ||||
