Museum number
2019.22
Object
The Clerk'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 71, p.143
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
plain etching
Dimensions
50cm (h) x 34cm (w)
Elisabeth Frink’s etchings rank among the most personal renditions of The Canterbury Tales. Following a group of pilgrims travelling to Canterbury Cathedral who compete in a storytelling contest, the tales lend themselves well to Frink’s interpretative approach. Like Chaucer’s characters, her simply drawn figures and animals are both satirical and sublime. Often left as white spaces, they contrast with the vibrant backgrounds behind them.

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