Title(s):
Esther appealing to King Ahasuerus against Haman Sketch for 'Urizen' plate 22: Urizen in Fetters
Maker:
Blake, William; draughtsman; British artist, 1757-1827
Category:
drawing
Name:
drawing
School/Style:
British
Production
Note:
Design for plate 22 of 'Urizen', published in 1794.
Technique:
drawing
Material(s):
graphite; medium
paper; support
Technique
Description:
graphite on paper
Dimension(s):
height, 353, mm
width, 457, mm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1985; Keynes, Geoffrey
Provenance:
? Mrs. Blake; ? Frederick Tatham; ? Joseph Hogarth, sold Southgate's 7-30 June 1854 (part of lot 5082), bt. Edsall; .... ; Richard Johnson, sold Platt's, 25 April 1912 (part of lot 702); sold Sotheby's, 28-30 May 1934, lot 172, bt. Geoffrey Keynes
Acquisition Credit:
accepted by H.M. Treasury and allocated to the Fitwilliam Museum, through the Minister of the Arts, in lieu of capital tax
Accession:
Object Number: PD.180-1985
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 8885; input: 2000-06-30; modified: 2011-09-28)
(Picture Cabinet reference : 704099)
Permanent
Identifier:
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