General Washington, attrib. to William Blake

An image of General Washington. 32 line dedication to General Washington, his life and career. Blake, William, attributed (British, 1757-1827). London publisher, 16 Change Alley. Line engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height 581 mm, width 444 mm, circa 1800.

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General Washington. 32 line dedication to General Washington, his life and career. Blake, William, attributed (British, 1757-1827). London publisher, 16 Change Alley. Line engraving, black carbon ink on paper, height 581 mm, width 444 mm, circa 1800.

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Accession Number: P.588-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 843 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 870.83kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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19th Century Blake British School dedication English engraving Fitz_PDP General Washington military print texts William Blake

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