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Venus dissuades Adonis from Hunting: P.415-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Venus dissuades Adonis from Hunting

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Painter: Cosway, Richard (After)
Publisher: Gibbs, H.

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Geoffrey

Dating

Circa 1787 CE - Circa 1823 CE

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Coloured ink
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 138 mm Width 173 mm
Sheet Height 300 mm Width 403 mm

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Stipple

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Venus dissuades Adonis from Hunting
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Then Sweetly smiling with a raptur'd mind,/ On his lov'd Bosom she her head reclin'd/ And thus began:- Ovid Met: B.X.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: London, Published June 2nd 1823 by H.Gibbs 23 Gt. Newport St.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: R.dus Cosway R.A. et Primarius Pictor Serinissimi Walliae Principis. Pinxt.
  • Location: Lower left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Guliels. Blake sculp.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.415-1985
Primary reference Number: 118130
Essick: XXVIII 2B
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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