Image Title: North Reading Room, West Wall. Mural By Ezra Winter Illustrating The Characters In The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer. Library Of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C., 2007
Creator: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Date: 2007.
Summary: According to the inscription, this mural on the west wall shows (left to right): "The Miller, in the lead, piping the band out of Southwark; the Host of Tabard Inn; the Knight, followed by his son, the young Squire, on a white palfrey; a Yeoman; the Doctor of Physic; Chaucer, riding with his back to the observer, as he talks to the Lawyer; the Clerk of Oxenford, reading his beloved classics; the Manciple; the Sailor; the Prioress; the Nun; and three priests." (Source: On These Walls by John Y. Cole. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1995, p. 79).
Subjects: Library of Congress John Adams Building (Washington, D.C.)--2000-2010
Original Media: Photograph
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