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Boy returning joyfully with plough and oxen: P.490-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Boy returning joyfully with plough and oxen
Return of the Shepherd
Thenot and Colinet eat their evening meal
Thenot and Colinet lead their flocks together
Thornton's Pastorals of Virgil

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1937

Note

Sheet of four proofs taken from the original woodblocks 'Colinet resting by night' is printed upside down, bound together.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Sheet Height 276 mm Width 220 mm

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 16/15/14/13
  • Location: Right, vertically from top to bottom alongside prints
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in ink
  • Type: Numbers
  • Text: Geoffrey Keynes
  • Location: Upper right, leaf before the first sheet of proofs.
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: These rough proof from Blake's/ original woodblocks were taken/ by the men who made the electrotypes/ for the Nonesuch Press edition in 1937
  • Location: Upper centre, leaf before the first sheet of proofs
  • Method of creation: Handwritten in ink
  • Type: Inscription

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.490-1985
Primary reference Number: 118226
Bindman: 614-618
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 20 December 2019 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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