Venus dissuades Adonis from Hunting: P.414-1985

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Venus dissuades Adonis from Hunting

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Painter: Cosway, Richard (After)
Publisher: Gibbs, H.

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Place(s) associated

London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Geoffrey

Dating

Circa 1787 CE - Circa 1823 CE

School or Style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Coloured ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 138 mm Width 173 mm
Sheet Height 226 mm Width 265 mm

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Stipple

Inscription or legends present

Text: Venus dissuades Adonis from Hunting
Location: Lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Title

Text: Then Sweetly smiling with a raptur'd mind,/ On his lov'd Bosom she her head reclin'd/ And thus began:- Ovid Met: B.X.
Location: Lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: London, Published June 2nd 1823 by H.Gibbs 23 Gt. Newport St.
Location: Lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

Text: R.dus Cosway R.A. et Primarius Pictor Serinissimi Walliae Principis. Pinxt.
Location: Lower left
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

Text: Guliels. Blake sculp.
Location: Lower right
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.414-1985
Primary reference Number: 118129
Essick: XXVIII 2A
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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