Miller of Trompington and Two Scholars, 1787

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series Title

Canterbury Tales

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.2 × 18.3 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.)

sheet: 24.4 × 18.4 cm (9 5/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler

Catalogue Raisonné

Sunderland 1986, no. 164.6

Accession Number

2017.53.82

Artists / Makers

William Sharp (artist) British, 1749 - 1824

John Hamilton Mortimer (artist after) British, 1740 - 1779

John Raphael Smith (publisher) British, 1752 - 1812

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Drawn by Mortimer; lower right in plate: Engraved by Sharp; lower center in plate: MILLER of TROMPINGTON and TWO SCHOLARS. / London publishd Feby 12th. 1787 by J. R. Smith No. 31 King Street Covent Garden; Reeves Tale / Chaucer

Provenance

Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Vogler, Donald
Vogler, Thomas

Bibliography

1986: Sunderland, John. "John Hamilton Mortimer: His Life and Works," Walpole Society 52 (1986): no.