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The Weather-house, The Peasants Nest, Cowper's tame Hares, Puss Tiney & Bess
Printmaker:
Blake, William
Draughtsman:
Blake, William
Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes
Height: 242 mm
Width: 173 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Geoffrey
1802 - 1803
Illustration (p. 415) to the second volume of The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cooper, Esqr., with an introductory letter, to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, by William Hayley, Esqr., Vol. I-III, Chichester: Printed by J. Seagrave, for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1803-1804. With a quotation from The Task, Book I, line 200.
Letterpress on verso.
Support composed of paper
Accession number: P.562-1985
Primary reference Number: 31455
Bentley: 468.4
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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