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"The Accusing spirit which flew up to heavens chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in, and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropt a tear on the word, and blotted it out for ever": P.266-1948

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"The Accusing spirit which flew up to heavens chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in, and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropt a tear on the word, and blotted it out for ever"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gillray, James
Publisher: Humphrey, Hannah

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1948) by Beaumont, Violet, Lady

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1791

Note

Published April 8th 1791

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.266-1948
Primary reference Number: 161559
Stephens/George: 8014
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) ""The Accusing spirit which flew up to heavens chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in, and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropt a tear on the word, and blotted it out for ever"" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/161559 Accessed: 2024-11-07 05:55:34

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/161559 |title="The Accusing spirit which flew up to heavens chancery with the oath, blush'd as he gave it in, and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropt a tear on the word, and blotted it out for ever" |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-07 05:55:34|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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