Canterbury Tales: The Prologue
1990 ⓘ
Etching and aquatint
60 × 77 cm
Inventory no. MF-E-20
Collection: Michael Fell Estate
© Michael Fell Estate
Photograph © Joe Humphrys
Etching and aquatint
60 × 77 cm
Inventory no. MF-E-20
Collection: Michael Fell Estate
© Michael Fell Estate
Photograph © Joe Humphrys
A grid of small portrait panels presents different figures associated with the Prologue of Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. Heads and shoulders are brought close to the picture plane, with little surrounding detail. At the right, a larger panel opens onto an outdoor setting, keyed to the portrait grid beside it.
Exhibition History
- Royal Academy of Arts, London, Summer Exhibition, 1989
Bibliography
- Martin Davey, “Proof that Art of Etching Lives On”, Bury Free Press, 5 November 1999