These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Joseph ordering Simeon to be bound The Story of Joseph
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: First owner or owners not known; Walter E. Tiffin, his sale, Sotheby's, 29 February - 9 March 1860 (9th day) (1826), bt. by Palser for J.H. Chance; Lord Coleridge by 1862; Anne, Lady Coleridge, Christie's, 12 December 1898 (63); bt. by Dunthorne (for 11 gns)
Height: 405 mm
Width: 560 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1900) by Dunthorne
Circa 1784 CE - 1785 CE
Watercolour
Graphite
Indian ink
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Indian ink and watercolour over graphite on paper
Accession number: 456B
Primary reference Number: 17441
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2022) "Joseph ordering Simeon to be bound" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17441 Accessed: 2022-10-03 22:35:36
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17441
|title=Joseph ordering Simeon to be bound
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2022-10-03 22:35:36|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-17441
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center">
<figure class="figure">
<img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp82/large_456b_201108_mfj22_dc2.jpg"
alt="Joseph ordering Simeon to be bound"
class="img-fluid" />
<figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Joseph ordering Simeon to be bound</figcaption>
</figure>
</div>
Accession Number: 1199
Accession Number: 770
Accession Number: 4083
Accession Number: P.12147-R
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...
