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The Works of Alexander Pope
Illustration to Alexander Pope's "January and May, or The Merchant's Tale"
The Works of Alexander Pope
John Scoles (American, active 1793 – 1844)
Author: Alexander Pope (English, 1688–1744)
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (English, died in 1400)
Published by: William Durell (American, 1766?–1845)
Author: Alexander Pope (English, 1688–1744)
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (English, died in 1400)
Published by: William Durell (American, 1766?–1845)
1812
Medium/Technique
Etching
Credit Line
Gift of Francis Hill Bigelow
Accession NumberM25829
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Fielding 1368
DescriptionAn illustration for "January and May, or The Merchant's Tale," Alexander Pope's translation and modernization of Geoffrey Chaucer's Merchant's Tale. Published in: Alexander Pope, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with his last corrections, additions, and improvements. From the text of Dr. Warburton. With the life of the author. 5 vols. (New-York: Published by William Durell., 1812): vol. 1.
Signed
In plate, at lower right: Scoles, sculp.
InscriptionsIn plate, at upper right: V. 1: P 209.
In plate, at lower right: Scoles, sculp.
In plate, at lower center: Old as he was, and void of Eye sight too, / What cou'd alas! a helpless Husband do.
In plate, at lower center: Publish'd by W Durell.
In plate, at lower right: Scoles, sculp.
In plate, at lower center: Old as he was, and void of Eye sight too, / What cou'd alas! a helpless Husband do.
In plate, at lower center: Publish'd by W Durell.
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 3/4/1915