Title(s):
Har and Heva asleep with Mnetha guarding them Illustrations to Tiriel
Maker:
Blake, William; draughtsman; British artist, 1757-1827
Category:
drawing
Name:
drawing
School/Style:
British
Technique:
pen and ink
Material(s):
ink; medium; ?
grey wash; medium
black chalk; medium; traces
paper; support
Technique
Description:
pen and grey wash over traces of black chalk on paper
Dimension(s):
height, 192, mm
width, 280, mm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1985; Keynes, Geoffrey
Provenance:
?Mrs Blake; ?Frederick Tatham, sold to Joseph Hogarth, sold Southgate's 7-30 June, 1854 part of lot 643 ('Twelve elaborate subjects, designed to illustrate a Work, the subject unknown'), bt. Morley; Elhanan Bicknell, sold Christie's, 29 April - 1 May 1863 lot 379, bt. Jupp; ... Mrs. Lucy Graham Smith; Hon. Anthony Asquith; sold before sale at Hodgson's, 1942 to Geoffrey Keynes
Acquisition Credit:
accepted by H.M. Treasury, and allocated to the Museum through the Minister of the Arts in lieu of capital taxes
Related Object:
PD.13-1953; Har and Heva bathing: Mnetha looking on
Accession:
Object Number: PD.161-1985
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 8857; input: 2000-06-29; modified: 2011-07-12)
Permanent
Identifier:
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