Constantia is reunited with her father, the emperor Tiberius II Constantinus, and given as bride to Ælla, king of Northumbria. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1799, after J.F. Rigaud.
- Rigaud, J. F. (John Francis), 1742-1810.
- Date:
- Novr. 30. 1799
- Reference:
- 3069733i
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About this work
Description
The concluding episode in the story of Constantia (Constance, Cunstance) in 'The man of law's tale', one of the Canterbury tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, as retold by Henry Brooke in: The Canterbury tales of Chaucer modernis'd by Mr. Betterton ... [et al.] ; published by Mr. Ogle, Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner, 1742, vol. 1, pp. 65-131 (this episode p. 130). The story used by Chaucer differs from what is recorded about the historical Constantina, daughter of Tiberius II Constantinus
Publication/Creation
London (Poets Gallery Fleet Street) : Publish'd ... by Thos. Macklin, Novr. 30. 1799.
Physical description
1 print : stipple engraving, with etching ; image 34.7 x 45 cm
Lettering
Constantia. Nor yet he ended, when with troubled mien, / Quick at his knees low bow'd Britannia's queen. / "Not so, not so, my Father, (loud she cried) / See here thy child, thy daughter at thy side; / Why look you thus with wild and piercing eye / 'Tis I, long lost, my father, it is I! / Constantia, who thro' many a death survives, / And yet to see her king and sire, arrives." / "Yes, yes, you are my child,these accents tell-": / He could, no more, but on her neck he fell. ... Rigaud R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3069733i
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Where to find it
- impression trimmed within imprint
Location Status Access Closed stores