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After Blake, A frontispiece to 'Songs of Innocence': PD.220-1985

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

After Blake, A frontispiece to 'Songs of Innocence'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Todd, Ruthven

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1940

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black ink
Watercolour
Pink wash

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Size Height 121 mm Width 75 mm
Border Size Height 171 mm Width 125 mm

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour with pen and black ink, bordered on all sides by pink wash and four ruled lines of black ink, on paper

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: SONGS / of / Innocence
  • Location: Centre
  • Method of creation: Watercolour with black ink
  • Text: 1789
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: The Author & Printer WBlake
  • Location: Bottom
  • Method of creation: Orange watercolour
  • Text: 3
  • Location: Upper right, outside border
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Text: By Ruthven Todd 1940
  • Location: Lower right, outside border
  • Method of creation: Brown ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.220-1985
Primary reference Number: 14005
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "After Blake, A frontispiece to 'Songs of Innocence'" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14005 Accessed: 2024-11-05 15:29:34

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/14005 |title=After Blake, A frontispiece to 'Songs of Innocence' |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-05 15:29:34|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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