Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400)

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Artist/Maker	Houbraken, Jacobus (artist)
Place of origin	Amsterdam (made)

Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400).

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) (generic title)
Materials and techniques	engraving on paper Engraving
Brief description	Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, engraving, Jacobus Houbraken, Amsterdam, 1741
Physical description	Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400).
Dimensions	Height: 14.9375in (Note: taken from 1923 accession register) Width: 9.4375in (Note: taken from 1923 accession register)
Marks and inscriptions	J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1741. In the Collection of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. (lettered)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Mrs F. B. Haines
Subject depicted	Chaucer, Geoffrey
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3618-1923

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O768756/portrait-of-geoffrey-chaucer-1328-print-houbraken-jacobus/

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