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Sketch for 'The Penance of Jane Shore'
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: Mrs Alexander Gilchrist (by 1863); H.H. Gilchrist, sold Sotheby's, 24 June 1903, lot 24, bt. Maggs; Tregaskis, offered catalogue; ? Dr. Greville Macdonald; Francis Edwards, offered catalogue, 1928, no. 7, and catalogue 654, 1941 sold, 6 March, 1941 to Geoffrey Keynes
Accepted by H.M. Treasury and allocated to the Fitwilliam Museum, through the Minister of the Arts, in lieu of capital tax
Height: 320 mm
Width: 485 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Keynes, Geoffrey
Support composed of laid paper
Drawing : Graphite on laid paper
Accession number: PD.171-1985
Primary reference Number: 8869
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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