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After Blake, A frontispiece to 'The Book of Thel': PD.221-1985

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Titles

After Blake, A frontispiece to 'The Book of Thel'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Todd, Ruthven

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 150 mm
Width: 105 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1940

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: THE / BOOK / of / THEL
  • Method of creation: Watercolour
  • Text: The Author & Printer Willm. Blake. 1789
  • Location: Bottom
  • Method of creation: Green watercolour
  • Text: By Ruthven Todd, 1940
  • Location: Bottom right-hand corner of sheet
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.221-1985
Primary reference Number: 14006

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "After Blake, A frontispiece to 'The Book of Thel'" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14006 Accessed: 2024-04-18 23:02:51

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14006 |title=After Blake, A frontispiece to 'The Book of Thel' |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-18 23:02:51|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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