David Hartley, M.A.: P.557-1985

Current Location: In storage

Titles

David Hartley, M.A.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Shackleton, John

Entities

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Measurements and weight

Height: 282 mm
Width: 225 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 (1985-04) by Keynes, Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: AD 1791

Note

Frontispiece to Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations, in Two Parts, by David Hartley M.A. London: Printed for J. Johnson, No 72, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1791.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

Text: Blake . sc.
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Signature

Text: David Hartley, M. A. / From a Painting by Shackelton.
Location: Plate lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Title

Text: Published by J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-yard, March 1st. 1791.
Location: Lower centre
Method of creation: Printed
Type: Address

References and bibliographic entries

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

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.557-1985
Primary reference Number: 31478
Bentley: 464
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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