Thenot remonstrates with Colinet, Light-foot in background.: P.487-1985

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 274 mm Width 220 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

• Text: 4/3/2/1
• Location: Right, vertically from top to bottom alongside prints
• Method of creation: Handwritten in ink
• Type: Numbers

• Text: Geoffrey Keynes
• Location: Upper right, leaf before the first sheet of proofs.
• Method of creation: Handwritten in ink
• Type: Signature

• Text: These rough proof from Blake's/ original woodblocks were taken/ by the men who made the electrotypes/ for the Nonesuch Press edition in 1937
• Location: Upper centre, leaf before the first sheet of proofs
• Method of creation: Handwritten in ink
• Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.487-1985
Primary reference Number: 118223
Bindman: 603 - 606
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Associated departments & institutions

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