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Frontispiece: P.667-1985

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Frontispiece
America A Prophecy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Essick, Robert
Printmaker: Blake, William (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1980 : The title-page is dated 1793 but the water-marks in the paper show that this copy was not executed before 1820-1821

Note

Facsimile

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 236 mm Width 169 mm
Sheet Height 290 mm Width 218 mm

Techniques used in production

Line block
Facsimile

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.667-1985
Primary reference Number: 118243
Bindman: 146
Bentley: 6 O
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Frontispiece" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/118243 Accessed: 2024-12-18 18:19:15

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/118243 |title=Frontispiece |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 18:19:15|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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