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Geof.y Chaucer.
Geo. Naylor H.C. fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Glued onto album sheet.
A very fine impression of this half-length portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400), bearded and wearing a hood, with a pen case hanging from a ribbon around his neck. Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400), a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of vernacular Middle English at a time when French and Latin dominanted England, particularly with his unfinished frame narrative 'The Canterbury Tales'. The only known print by George Naylor. For a similar mezzotint of Chaucer but facing in the other direction see ref. 24004.
[Ref: 42001] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Geofy Chaucer.
Geo. Naylor H C. fecit.
[n.d. c.1750.]
A very fine mezzotint. Plate 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼). Narrow margins.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomate. He wrote many works throughout his lifetime, although he is remembered best for his unfinished narrative The Canterbury Tales. The only known print by George Naylor. O'D undescribed; CS: undescribed.
[Ref: 55260] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Geof.y Chaucer.
Geo. Naylor H.C. fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Fine mezzotint. 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
A very fine impression of this half-length portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400), bearded and wearing a hood, with a pen case hanging from a ribbon around his neck. Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400), a crucial figure in developing the legitimacy of vernacular Middle English at a time when French and Latin dominanted England, particularly with his unfinished frame narrative 'The Canterbury Tales'. The only known print by George Naylor. For a similar mezzotint of Chaucer but facing in the other direction see ref. 24004. Not in Chaloner Smith.
[Ref: 66533] £360.00
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