Harvard Art Museums > H208: Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) (Unidentified Artist)(Geoffrey Chaucer) , H208,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 11, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299909. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number H208 People Unidentified Artist Geoffrey Chaucer (1340? - 1400) Title Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400) Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1400 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299909 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on panel Dimensions 48.5 x 38.1 cm (19 1/8 x 15 in.) framed: 70.8 x 63.2 x 10.2 cm (27 7/8 x 24 7/8 x 4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: Inscription on verso, now illegible, reported to say: "This picture was presented by Miss Frances Lambert to Benjamin Dyke on the 6th September, 1803, to perpetuate the memory of her late invaluable relation, Thomas Stokes, Esq., of Llanshaw Court, in the county of Gloucester, where it was preserved for more than three centuries, as appears from the inventory of pictures in the possession of that ancient and respectable family..."[see file] (not assigned): Brass plaque on frame: "Bequeathed to Harvard University Library 1908/ By Charles Eliot Norton in Memory of Two Lovers of Chaucer/ Francis James Child and James Russell Lowell" (not assigned): Coat of arms in upper left with date underneath, "1400" (?). Provenance Recorded Ownership History Family of Stokes, Llanshow Court, Gloucester, Eng., owners for three centuries. Miss Frances Lambert. Gift to Benjamin Dyke, 1803. John P. Seddon, owner c.1866. Nephew and niece of Seddon's wife, named Bulford. Sold to Fairfax Murray. Sold to James Loeb. Gift to Charles Eliot Norton. Bequest to Widener Library, 1908. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Bequest of Charles Eliot Norton to Widener Library in memory of Francis James Child and James Russell Lowell, 1908 Object Number H208 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 37-38 Roger Sherman Loomis, A Mirror of Chaucer's World, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ, 1963) John T. Bethell, Richard M. Hunt, and Robert Shenton, Harvard A to Z, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 2004), p. 277 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
