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Sketch for 'Satan watching the endearments of Adam and Eve'
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: ...; Walter T. Spencer, sold 1920 to Geoffrey Keynes
Accepted by H.M. Treasury and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum through the Minister of the Arts, in lieu of capital taxes
Height: 61 mm
Width: 50 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Keynes, Geoffrey
Drawn on the back of a fragment of a letter in an unknown hand (see inscriptions/marks)
Support
composed of
paper
Meidum
composed of
graphite
Drawing : Graphite on paper
Inscription present: letter fragment
Accession number: PD.165-1985
Primary reference Number: 8860
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sketch for 'Satan watching the endearments of Adam and Eve'" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8860 Accessed: 2024-11-24 11:57:18
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