IDENTIFIERS
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id:	150724
accession number:	M.9 & A-1948

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 17 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Steel frame with glass lenses.  Circular lenses with arched bridge between, and sloping lugs at the side.  The right lense is 3.25 DS (dioptre sphere) and the left lense 3.50 DS. The two hinged arms taper to terminate in circular face grips.  With a pressed cardboard case (A) varnished dark brown on the outside, painted light green on the bezel and mid blue in the interior.
object type: steel frame with circular glass lenses
title:	spectacles

NOTES
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type: history note
value: William Blake; given by Mrs Blake to Samuel Palmer, father of A.H. Palmer. Acquired by Lt Col. W.E. Moss;  sold at Sotheby's 2 March 1937, lot 283 with a letter of authentication from A.H. Palmer


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Lord Rothschild

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/150724

PEOPLE
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Blake, William




CATEGORIES
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category: optical instrument

DATING
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creation date:	1780 - 1827
creation date earliest:	1780
creation date latest:	1827
culture:	18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown


CITATIONS
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William Blake and His Circle: A Checklist of Publications and Discoveries in 1995
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