Title:
Mrs Cowper, Mother of the Poet
Maker(s):
Blake, William; printmaker; British artist, 1757-1827
Heins, Dirck (John Theodore, Sr.); draughtsman; British artist, 1697-1756
Category:
Name:
print
Date:
1802 — 1803
School/Style:
British
Production
Note:
Illustration (p. 4) to the first volume of The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cooper, Esqr., with an introductory letter, to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, by William Hayley, Esqr., Vol. I-III, Chichester: Printed by J. Seagrave, for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1803-1804.
Technique:
engraving
Material(s):
black carbon ink; medium
paper; support
Dimension(s):
height, 262, mm
width, 196, mm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1985-04; Keynes, Geoffrey
Acquisition Credit:
Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes
Inscription(s):
signature; plate lower left; printed; D. Heins Pinx
title; plate lower centre; printed; Mrs COWPER / Mother of the Poet
signature; plate lower right; printed; W Blake sculp
address; lower centre; printed; Publish'd Novembr. 5. 1802 by J. Johnson St Pauls Church Yard
Alternative
Number:
Bentley; 468.2; 1977
Documentation:
Bindman, David. 1970. William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.Cambridge (Cambs.): W. Heffer and Sons Ltd.
No 636
Related Object(s):
P.558-1985; William Cowper
P.560-1985; William Cowper, Author of "The Task"
P.561-1985; William Cowper, Author of "The Task"
P.562-1985; The Weather-house, The Peasants Nest, Cowper's tame Hares, Puss Tiney & Bess
P.563-1985; The Weather-house, The Peasants Nest, Cowper's tame Hares, Puss Tiney & Bess
Accession:
Object Number: P.564-1985
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 31470; input: 2001-07-03; modified: 2008-02-28)
Permanent
Identifier:
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