Death on a Pale Horse: 765

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Titles

Death on a Pale Horse

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Painted for Thomas Butts (d. 1846); Thomas Butts, Jnr. (d. 1862); his sale, Foster's, 29 June 1853 (91), bt. by Colnaghi (for £1 17s 6d); 'Mr Thomas'; Alfred Aspland by 1876; Aspland sale, Sotheby's, 27 January 1885 (63), bt. by Colnaghi (for £5 10s 0d); Crawford J. Pocock (d. before 1890); offered at Christie's 12-14 May 1891 (585a), (bt. in at 12 gns.); Mrs Crawford Pocock; her sale, Sotheby's, 8 July 1895 (127), bt. by Keppell (for £17 6s 6d); Frederick Hollyer; his sale, Sotheby's, 24 June 1903 (42), bt. by Quaritch (for £60); W.A. White, New York; bt. back 1914 by Quaritch, bt. from them by Friends of the Fitzwilliam (£60)

Measurements and weight

Height: 393 mm
Width: 311 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

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.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1914) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1800

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Watercolour
Indian ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Pen, Indian ink, grey wash and watercolour on paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: (b.r.)

Text: WB inv
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Life of William Blake page(s): 255
Life of William Blake (2nd Edition) page(s): 242
William Blake's Illustrations to the Bible page(s): 46
The Art of William Blake page(s): 100
William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge page(s): 24

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 765
Primary reference Number: 17490
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 14 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

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