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Maker(s):

Blake, William; printmaker; British artist, 1757-1827
Blake, William; draughtsman; British artist, 1757-1827

Name:

print

Date:

1802 — 1803

Production
Note(s):

Illustration (p. 415) to the second 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. With a quotation from The Task, Book I, line 200.
Letterpress on verso.

Technique(s):

engraving
etching

Material(s):

black carbon ink; medium
paper; support

Dimension(s):

height, 242, mm
width, 173, mm

Acquisition:

bequeathed; 1985-04; Keynes, Geoffrey

Inscription(s):

number; upper right; printed; 415
signature; centre left; printed; Blake d & sc
title; centre; printed; THE PEASANTS NEST
title; lower centre; printed; PUSS TINEY & BESS
title; lower centre; printed; Cowper's tame Hare's
address; lower centre; printed; Publish'd Novr. 5 1802 by J. Johnson St Pauls Church Yard

Alternative
Number:

Bentley; 468.4; 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.563-1985; The Weather-house, The Peasants Nest, Cowper's tame Hares, Puss Tiney & Bess
P.564-1985; Mrs Cowper, Mother of the Poet

Accession:

Object Number: P.562-1985
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 31455; input: 2001-07-03; modified: 2008-02-28)

Permanent
Identifier:

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31455