Woodcut of the Talbot Inn

6. Anonymous woodcut, probably designed and engraved by Thomas Prattent, of “THE TALBOT INN, BOROUGH HIGH STREET, SOUTHWARK” in Gentleman’s Magazine (Sept. 1812): 217. The accompanying article by “P[rattent]” says that the “well-painted [inn] Sign by Mr. Blake represents Chaucer and his merry Company setting out [from the inn] on their journey.” See G. E. Bentley, Jr., “Pictura Ignota: Blake’s Most Seen, Least Known Painting,” Descant 41.4 (winter 2010): 73-103.

Image courtesy of the E. J. Pratt Library, Victoria University in the University of Toronto.