The Angel of the Divine Presence clothing Adam and Eve with coats of skins: PD.29-1949

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Titles

The Angel of the Divine Presence clothing Adam and Eve with coats of skins

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Painted for Thoams Butts (d. 1846); Thomas Butts, Jnr. (d. 1862); Captain F.J. Butts (d. 1905); bt. from widow through Messrs. Carfax by W. Graham Robertson in 1906; offered for sale at Christie's, 22 July 1949 (2), bt. in by the executors for £1,365

Legal notes

Through the National Art Collections Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 393 mm
Width: 287 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 (1949) by Executors of W. Graham Robertson

Dating

Production date: AD 1803

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Grey wash
Watercolour
Graphite

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( stuck down)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Graphite, grey wash and watercolour on paper, stuck down

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: (b.r.)

Text: WB inv
Location: Lower right
Method of creation: Ink
Type: Signature

Inscription present: (b.r.)

Text: 1803
Location: Lower right
Method of creation: Ink
Type: Date

References and bibliographic entries

Life of William Blake page(s): 206
The engravings of William Blake page(s): 33
The Paintings of William Blake
The Blake Collection of W. Graham Robertson, Described by the Collector page(s): 97-8
William Blake's Illustrations to the Bible page(s): 2
The Divine Vision page(s): 185
Letters of William Blake page(s): 68
William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge page(s): 26

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.29-1949
Primary reference Number: 17494
Stable URI

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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