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Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer

Maker

Britain 15th century (artist)
1400-1499

(draughtsman)
1774-1822

(engraver)
1787-1852

(publisher)

Title

Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer

Date of Production

1820

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.8 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5871.26

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : on mount : WITT LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left & recto : : Drawn by J.Thurston. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Engraved by W.Finden. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : GEOFFREY CHAUCER. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : From a Limning in Occleve's De Regimine Principis, preserved in the Harleian Library. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : London, March,1820; Published by W. Walker, 8 Grays Inn Square. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Printed by B.McQueen. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin left & recto : on mount : Brit. Poets. //

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