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Portraits of William Blake and Henry Fuseli over studies of a rabbit and a copy after Durer's 'Fortuna' Study of a cat, a deer and a stag
Draughtsman:
Palmer, Samuel
(Probably)
Draughtsman:
Richmond, George
One of three leaves from a sketchbook
History note: Samuel Palmer (?); George Richmond (?); Thomas Chevalier; by descent to his great-granddaughter, sold Sotheby's, 1 December 1910 (part of lot 126), bt. Tregaskis; Greville Macdonald; Francis Edwards, sold 1950 to Geoffrey Keynes
Accepted by H.M. Treasury and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum through the Minister of the Arts in lieu of Estate Duty
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Keynes, Geoffrey
Both of these studies are probably by Samuel Palmer. Superimposed over the rabbits, which are framed in brown ink is a graphite sketch, heightened with white and strengthened with pen and brown ink on buff paper of 'William Blake' by George Richmond. Superimposed over the copy of Durer's 'Fortune' is a sketch in graphite and brown ink of 'Henry Fuseli' by George Richmond. This sheet also has two studies of female figures, and two sketches of a woman's head and a woman's bust also by Richmond.
Support
composed of
paper
( buff)
Sheet Size
Height 107 mm
Width 188 mm
Blake Sketch
Height 69 mm
Width 65 mm
Drawing : Graphite pen and brown ink on buff paper; Blake sketch: graphite, heightened with white; H. Fuselli sketch: graphite and brown ink
Inscription present: framed with lines of brown ink
Inscription present: upside down
Accession number: PD.207-1985.f1
Primary reference Number: 8892
Previous number: PD.207-1985 folio 1
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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