Museum number
2019.20
Object
The Wife of Bath's Tale, from 'The Canterbury Tales II' series, by Elisabeth Frink (1930–1993), 1972, etching with aquatint on copper, Unsigned and un-editioned Publisher: Leslie Waddington Prints Ltd CR 69, p.141
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
plain etching
Dimensions
50cm (h) x 34cm (w)
The Wife of Bath is one of Chaucer’s most fascinating characters. Endowed with radical views about married women during the Late Medieval Period, the character was likely of interest to Frink. Her reclined, almost arrogant posture reinforces the Wife’s dominance over her husband and evokes the strong sexual appetite which afforded her the control in her marriage.

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