In plate, lower center: GEOFFREY CHAUCER. / Engraved by E. Scriven, after Houbraken. / Published by J. Robins & Co. London, July 1, 1823.
Geoffrey Chaucer, 1823
- Jacob Houbraken, Dutch, 1698-1780
- J. Robins & Co., English
- Edward Scriven, English, 1775-1841
Stipple engraving printed in black on laid paper
- plate: 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. 19.3 x 13.9 cm sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. 28.2 x 20.7 cm
Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund
F72.283.163
Details
Kennedy Gallery and Edith Cole Silberstein
Edward Scriven; after Jacob Houbraken, Geoffrey Chaucer, 1823, Stipple engraving printed in black on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund, F72.283.163.