Canterbury-west-Winter-Highsmith
Canterbury tales mural by Ezra Winter. North Reading Room, west wall, John Adams Building, Washington, D.C. According to the inscription, this mural shows (left to right): "The Miller, in the lead, piping the band out of Southwark; the Host of Tabard Inn; the Knight, followed by his son, the young Squire, on a white palfrey; a Yeoman; the Doctor of Physic; Chaucer, riding with his back to the observer, as he talks to the Lawyer; the Clerk of Oxenford, reading his beloved classics; the Manciple; the Sailor; the Prioress; the Nun; and three priests." (Source: John Y. Cole, On These Walls. Washington, D.C.:, 1995, p. 79)
- Date
- 1939
- Photographer / author
- Artist is Ezra Winter (1886–1949). Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–), who explicitly placed the photograph in the public domain.
- Collection
- Carol M. Highsmith Archive
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 6,900 × 825 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: Carol M. Highsmith Archive: dedicated to the public domain by the photographer.
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"Canterbury-west-Winter-Highsmith" (1939). Artist is Ezra Winter (1886–1949). Photographed 2007 by Carol Highsmith (1946–), who explicitly placed the photograph in the public domain.. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canterbury-west-Winter-Highsmith.jpegNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 133313.
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