
Charles Robert LeslieVereinigte Staaten, 1794–1859Darf man es sehen?
London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Here Leslie has illustrated a character from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The long-suffering heroine Griselda in 'The Clerk's Tale' was a popular subject with 19th-century artists becuase she represented patience and loyalty, both considered to be desirable character traits in Victorian women, especially wives. The same sitter appears in a different role in Leslie's painting The Toilette (FA.125[O]).
Victoria and Albert Museum