Blasted tree and flattened crops: P.484-1985

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Blasted tree and flattened crops
Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Entities

Print

Categories

Print

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 53 mm
Width: 71 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1821 : Printed by John Linnell after 1825

Note

Plate 6 to The Pastorals of Virgil, edited by Dr. R.J. Thornton, from the Imitations of the Eclogues, Ambrose Philips, 1821. Of the 230 illustrations, Blake was responsible for designing and executing 4 engravings and 17 woodcuts illustrating Ambrose's Imitation of the Eclogues.

Proof plate after the blocks have been cut down to fit the page.

School or Style

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.484-1985
Primary reference Number: 718
Bindman: 607
Bentley: 504
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 1 November 2021

Associated departments & institutions

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

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