File:North Reading Room, east wall. Detail of mural by Ezra Winter illustrating the characters in the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C. LCCN2007687191.tif

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English: Title: North Reading Room, east wall. Detail of mural by Ezra Winter illustrating the characters in the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.

Abstract: Photograph shows left half of the mural on the east wall. According to the inscription the figures are (left to right): "The Merchant, with his Flemish beaver hat and forked beard; the Friar; the Monk; the Franklin; the Wife of Bath; the Parson and his brother the Ploughman, riding side by side" (Source: On These Walls by John Y. Cole. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1995, p. 80). Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, TIFF file, color.

Notes: Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title devised by Library staff.

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Taken on 2 October 2007, 18:24 (according to Exif data)

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Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2007687191
Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/03100/03191a.tif
Original url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.03191

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Carol M. Highsmith (1946–)

	Alternative names	Birth name: Carol Louise McKinney Artist name: Carol M. Highsmith Carol McKinney Highsmith
	Description	American photographer and architectural photographer
	Date of birth	18 May 1946
	Location of birth	Leaksville, North Carolina
	Work period	1981-
	Work location	United States of America
	Authority file	: Q5044454 VIAF: 84615840 ISNI: 0000000121418199 ULAN: 500251255 LCCN: n88121701 NAID: 10571735 WorldCat

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current	08:34, 5 October 2016	6,888 × 2,322 (91.55 MB)	Fæ	LOC 2007687191, Carol M. Highsmith collection. P37.25382 TIFF (91.5mb)

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