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Tailpiece
Little Tom the Sailor
Printmaker: Blake, William
Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes
Height: 116 mm
Width: 165 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Geoffrey
Production date: AD 1800
Proof of the tailpiece for Little Tom the Sailor, by William Hayley, 1800
Support composed of paper
Relief etching
White line method
Accession number: P.471-1985
Primary reference Number: 666
Bindman: 384 b
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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