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Sketch for 'Vanity Fair' (?)
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: Mrs. Blake; Frederick Tatham; ....; Quaritch, offered catalogue November 1882 (part of 346) and catalogue 350 10 August 1883 (part of 13843), sold 30 June 1886 to W. Graham Robertson, sold Christie's, 22 July 1949 (part of lot 70), bt. Wylie for 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: 224 mm
Width: 182 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Keynes, Geoffrey
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Graphite within rough framing line on paper
Accession number: PD.181-1985
Primary reference Number: 8886
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 'Vanity Fair' (?)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/8886 Accessed: 2024-11-24 04:41:51
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