Images Dated 22nd January 2019

Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims on the road

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Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims on the road reproduction of a painting by Stephen Reid (1873-1948) (from left) 1. The Miller 2. The Host 3. The Merchant 4. The Doctor of Physic 5. Chaucer, the Poet 6. The Franklin 7. The Knight 8. The Sergeant of the Law 9. The Manciple, or Steward 10. The Oxford Scholar 11. The Squire 12. The Nun 13. The Prioress 14. The Nuns Priest 15. The Pardoner 16. The Summoner 17. The Poor Parson 18. The Yeoman 19. The Ploughman 20. The Wife of Bath 21. The Carpenter 22. The Haberdasher 23. The Weaver 24. The Dyer 25. The Monk 26. The Friar 27. The Tapicer or Upholsterer 28. The Shipman 29. The Cook 30. The Reeve or Bailiff.
late 14th century

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Speculator at the Palais Royal, era of Marie Antoinette

Speculator at the Palais Royal in morning coat and jockey hat, era of Marie Antoinette. l'Agioteur du Palais Royal. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century, Cagnon, Paris, 1875. Original illustration by Francois Louis Joseph Watteau from the Gallerie des Modes et Costumes Francais, 1778-1787

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Illustration, Fisherman about to fall into the water

Illustration, Fisherman about to fall into the water.
first published 1838

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