Title:
An Allegory of the Spiritual Condition of Man
Maker:
Blake, William; painter; British artist, 1757-1827
Category:
painting
Name:
painting
Date:
? 1811
School/Style:
British
Technique:
painting (image-making)
Material(s):
tempera; medium; Probably carpenter's glue
canvas; support
Technique
Description:
tempera on canvas
Dimension(s):
height, 151.8, cm
width, 120.9, cm
Acquisition:
given; 1949; Executors of W. Graham Robertson
Provenance:
Thomas Butts (1867-1948); his son, Thomas Butts Jr (d. 1862) and grandson, Captain F.J. Butts (d. 1905); bt from the widow of Captain Butts, through the Carfax Gallery, London, by W. Graham Robertson, 1906; Robertson sale, Christie's, 22 July 1949 (52), bt in by his executors
Acquisition Credit:
Through the National Art Collections Fund.
Inscription(s):
signature; lower left; in gold; P.....d in / ...o by / Wm Blake / (see catalogue for accurate transcription); i.e. Painted in Fresco etc.
date; lower left; in gold; 181(1?)
number; verso, on frame; white chalk; 59-401...; dim
Exhibition(s):
Original Works by William Blake...from the Graham Robertson Collection. 1949
Venue: Bournemouth Arts Club, Bournemouth
Catalogue number: 1
The Tempera Paintings of William Blake. 1951-06 - 1951-07
Venue: Arts Council, London
Catalogue number: 1
Documentation:
Accession:
Object Number: PD.27-1949
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 773; input: 1999-12-21; modified: 2011-03-03)
Permanent
Identifier:
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