Geoffrey Chaucer - Original 1741 Engraving by Jacobus Houbraken
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Original 1741 burin engraving with the portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (about 1343-1400), father of English poetry and author of The Canterbury Tales, shown in bust in a stone oval with his name engraved on the arch.
Original 1741 burin engraving with the portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (about 1343-1400), father of English poetry and author of The Canterbury Tales, shown in bust in a stone oval with his name engraved on the arch.
It belongs to Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, published in London by John and Paul Knapton with lives by Thomas Birch, one of the most ambitious engraved portrait series of 18th century Europe. At the foot it is recorded that the original belonged to Sir Hans Sloane, founder of the British Museum, along with the imprint Impensis I. & P. Knapton, Londini 1741.
Medium: Copper engraving (burin) on laid paper.
Artist / after: After an original in the collection of Sir Hans Sloane.
Engraver: Jacobus Houbraken (Dordrecht, 1698 - Amsterdam, 1780).
Date: 1741, dated on the print.
Source: Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, London, J. and P. Knapton.
Dimensions: Plate mark 14.6 x 9.3 in (37 x 23.7 cm).
Condition: Good condition. Crisp impression. Foxing of the period of the engraving, above all in the left margin, noticeable in the photograph.
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Original 1741 burin engraving with the portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (about 1343-1400), father of English poetry and author of The Canterbury Tales, shown in bust in a stone oval with his name engraved on the arch.