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Tailpiece: P.471-1985

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Titles

Tailpiece
Little Tom the Sailor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

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Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 116 mm
Width: 165 mm

Relative size of this object

16.5 m11.6 m What does this represent?

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: AD 1800

Note

Proof of the tailpiece for Little Tom the Sailor, by William Hayley, 1800

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Relief etching
White line method

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.471-1985
Primary reference Number: 666
Bindman: 384 b

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Tailpiece" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/666 Accessed: 2023-06-10 13:22:41

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