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Job and his family Illustrations for the Book of Job
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: John Linnell (d. 1882); the Linnell Trustees; John Linnell sale, Christie's, 15 March 1918 (150), bt. by Messrs. Carfax for T.H. Riches (for 480 gns); Mrs T.H. Riches
Bequeathed 1935.
Height: 73 mm
Width: 120 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: Bequeathed (1950) by Riches, Thomas Henry
White bodycolour
Graphite
Indian ink
Support composed of rice paper
Drawing : Graphite, Indian ink with some white heightening on paper
Inscription present: the wrapper is made from two folded leaves of W. Hayley's 'Ballads', 1802, for which Blake made a number of engravings
Accession number: PD.27-1950
Primary reference Number: 17539
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Job and his family" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17539 Accessed: 2023-05-28 21:37:04
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Accession Number: P.455-1985
Accession Number: C.2804.16-1928
Accession Number: PD.48-1950
Accession Number: PD.48A-1950
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