Christ placed on the pinnacle of the Temple: PD.22-1950

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Christ placed on the pinnacle of the Temple
Paradise Regained

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Bt. from Blake by John Linnell, 1825; Linnell trustees; Linnell sale, Christie's, 15 March 1918 (151), bt. by Messrs. Carfax for T.H. Riches (for 2,100 gns.); Mrs. T.H. Riches

Legal notes

Bequeathed 1935.

Measurements and weight

Height: 166 mm
Width: 133 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: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry

Dating

Circa 1816 - 1818

Note

One of a series of 12 designs.

School or Style

British

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

Text: W Blake inv
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

Text: 10
Location: Bottom right, below picture

References and bibliographic entries

Life of William Blake page(s): 335, 215-6
The Paintings of William Blake page(s): 69-70
Milton's Poems in English page(s): 278-9
Blake Studies page(s): 144
Letters of William Blake page(s): 145
William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge page(s): 41

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.22-1950
Primary reference Number: 17524
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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