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The Canterbury Pilgrims, 1810. Line engraving on cream laid paper.
Line engraving on cream laid paper · Image: 29.5 × 92 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Canterbury Pilgrims
- Artist
- William Blake English, 1757-1827
- Date
- 1810
- Medium
- Line engraving on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 29.5 × 92 cm (11 5/8 × 36 1/4 in.); Plate: 30 × 92.5 cm (11 13/16 × 36 7/16 in.); Sheet: 36.8 × 96.5 cm (14 1/2 × 38 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1757–1827
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.