Chaucer's Man of Laws Tale - Design1862 – 1864 Accession number: 1904P35 Pencil on paper. Width: 209 mm Height: 350 mm InformationA drawing for 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.The sultan is represented here as young and beardless, with an empty scroll along the bottom of the drawing. In the other drawing for this subject in Birmingham's collection the sultan is depicted as older and bearded.
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