The House of Death/The Lazar House, by William Blake

An image of The House of Death/The Lazar House. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Colour printed monotype, finished in black chalk, body colour, watercolour, point of the brush, Indian ink and heightened with white, height 479 mm, width 603 mm, circa 1795. The print illustrates Milton's 'Paradise Lost', XI, 477-93.

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The House of Death/The Lazar House. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Colour printed monotype, finished in black chalk, body colour, watercolour, point of the brush, Indian ink and heightened with white, height 479 mm, width 603 mm, circa 1795. The print illustrates Milton's 'Paradise Lost', XI, 477-93.

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Accession Number: 1769
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 813 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 209.38kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:08:13 14:18:51

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