Morning Amusement: P.404-1985

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Morning Amusement

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Painter: Watteau, Jean Antoine (After)
Publisher: Macklin, H.

Entities

Notes

History note: Sotheby's 21 December 1950, lot 479 (Colnaghi, £3)

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 329 mm
Width: 358 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1782

Note

Oval image, with hand colouring.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Brown ink
Watercolours

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Stipple

Inscription or legends present

Text: Watteau pinxt.
Location: Lower left
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

Text: W. Blake sculpt.
Location: Lower right
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

Text: MORNING AMUSEMENT / From an Original Picture in the Collection of Mr. A. Maskins
Location: Lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Title

Text: Pub.d August 10th 1782 by The Macklin N. 39 Fleet Street.
Location: Lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Address

Text: In Alb Birket
Location: Lower left
Method of creation: Graphite
Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.404-1985
Primary reference Number: 118257
Essick: XXII IB
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 26 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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