Job: P.105-2020

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Job

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Entities

Description

First state; Keynes, Bibliotheca Bibliographici, No. 554.

Notes

History note: Sold at Sotheby’s, London, 21 May 1935, Lot 297, Quaritch for GLK, £10.00

Legal notes

From the collection of Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government from the estate of Mary Cecilia Keynes and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2020) by H.M. Government Keynes, Mary Cecilia

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1793

Note

First state

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of wove paper
Image Height 383 mm Width 482 mm
Sheet Height 411 mm Width 540 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

Text: JOB
Location: Lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Title

Text: Painted and Engraved by William Blake
Location: Image lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.105-2020
Primary reference Number: 282320
Essick: VI 1
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 17 March 2021 Updated: Thursday 13 April 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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