F[rench] Revolution

Blake, William (printmaker)

Ryley, Charles Reuben (draughtsman)

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Title/s

F[rench] Revolution

Maker/s

Blake, William (printmaker) British artist, 1757-1827

Ryley, Charles Reuben (draughtsman) British artist, c.1752-1798

Category

print

Name

print

School/Style

British

Production Notes

Tenth plate, illustration to Bellamy's Picturesque Magazine, and Literary Museum, Vol. I, for the year MDCCXCIII, Printed for T. Bellamy, by Spilsbury & Son, and Sold by T. Evans, No. 46 Pater-noster Row.

Technique/s

engraving

etching

Material/s

black carbon ink (medium)
paper (support)

Dimensions

plate height: 200 mm
plate width: 146 mm
sheet height: 270 mm
sheet width: 218 mm

Date

1793

Provenance

bequeathed: Keynes, Geoffrey 1985-04 (Prints bequeathed by Keynes, Geoffrey)

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Inscriptions/Marks

1. Position: plate lower left
   Type: signature
   Method: printed
   Content: C.R. Riley del.
   
2. Position: plate lower right
   Type: signature
   Method: printed
   Content: Blake Sc
   
3. Position: image lower centre
   Type: title
   Method: printed
   Content: F. REVOLUTION
   
4. Position: plate lower centre
   Type: address
   Method: printed
   Content: Publish'd by J. Bellamy Aug 1st. 1793
   

Standard print ref/s

Bentley 418
Bentley Jr., G. E.
(1977) Blake books: annotated catalogues of William Blake's writings , Oxford : Clarendon Press

Documentation

1. Bindman, David (1970) William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Cambridge (Cambs.): W. Heffer and Sons Ltd.
   [comments: No 616]

Accession Number

P.544-1985 (Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(Reference Number: 31427; Input Date: 2001-07-03 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)