Joseph's Brethren Bowing Down Before Him, by William Blake

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Joseph's Brethren Bowing Down Before Him. The Story of Joseph. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Indian ink and watercolour over graphite on paper, height 403 mm, width 562 mm, circa 1784-1785.

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Accession Number: 456A
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 741 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 146.20kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2011:08:25 16:23:50

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18th Century bearded beards bible biblical Blake British School brothers drawing family female figures Fitz_PDP groups Joseph (Old Testament) male Old Testament religion religious Romanticism siblings sisters sons watercolour William Blake Artist/Maker

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