. English: Blake-Cant-pilgrims-detail-a Coloured engraving, 2nd state (1810) 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
. English: Blake-Cant-pilgrims-detail-a Coloured engraving, 2nd state (1810) 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. 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. . 17 May 2013, 19:03:20. William Blake (1757–1827) Alternative names W. Blake; Uil'iam Bleik Description British painter, poet, writer, theologian, collector and engraver Date of birth/death 28 November 1757 12 August 1827 Location of birth/death Broadwick Street Charing Cross Work location London Authority control : Q41513 VIAF:?54144439 ISNI:?0000 0001 2096 135X ULAN:?500012489 LCCN:?n78095331 NLA:?35019221 WorldCat Blake-Cant-pilgrims-detail-a
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