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Picture No 12548286
Date 1845
Description Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Pardoner's Tale
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Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales -- The Pardoner's Tale, a moral tale about three young men who set out to kill Death. The three scenes show them drinking in the tavern, meeting an old man (Death in disguise), and murdering each other out of greed for money.
Source Engraving by Clarke after Harvey in 'The Penny Magazine', 29 November 1845, page 461
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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