The Canterbury Pilgrims

1810

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

This is a drawing of a group of horse riders and accompanying people on a journey. The drawing features intricately detailed figures, each on horseback, moving in a single file parade-like formation from left to right. The riders appear adorned in varying costumes typical of a historical or medieval setting. The architectural backdrop on the left side includes gothic-style buildings, also enriched with intricate carvings and expands into a vast rural landscape stretching towards the horizon on the right. The drawing's outline and composition focus on the conveyance of an epic journey, emphasized by the labeling at the bottom, "Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims." The artwork's fine linework and shading techniques contribute to its storytelling and artistic depth.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8991

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 477, State ii/iv


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 34.

Bibliography

1978

  • Bindman, David. The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.

1983

  • Essick, Robert N. The Separate Plates of William Blake. Princeton, 1983: no. 16.

Wikidata ID

Q65026708

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