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Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath’s Tale: Prologue and Snake with Phallic Head, 1930

 File — Box: Gill art 53
Identifier: CEG1983

Scope and Contents

From Volume 3 of the Canterbury Tales original drawings. Illustrations depict Adam and Eve with the apple (left) and a snack winding up a branch (right). Noted on the mounting board as “p. 650” and “p. 651.” From the collection of Philip Hofer, Purchase, 2008 (accession MS.2008.017).

Dates

  • Creation: 1930

Access to Collection

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.

Extent

From the Item: 56 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Item: English

Physical Description

15 x 12 ½”

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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