Chaucer's Man of Laws Tale - Design1862 – 1864 Accession number: 1904P34 Brown wash over pencil, with scratching out, on paper. Width: 256 mm Height: 500 mm InformationThis drawing has been identified as deriving from Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale', which tells of a group of rich merchants from Syria who visit Rome, where they heard of the beauty of the daughter of the Emperor Constance. On their return they described her beauty with the help of a portrait.
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