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Robert Blake: P.175-1947

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Robert Blake

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Preston, Thomas

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Notes

History note: From the collection of E. Rose Tunno (d.1863) [Lugt 902]; and of A. Morrison (1821-1897) [Lugt 151]

Legal notes

Bought from the Perceval Fund with the aid of a donation from Louis C. G. Clarke, M.A.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1947)

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1740

Note

Unfinished proof

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.175-1947
Primary reference Number: 157956
Lugt: 902
Lugt: 151
Chaloner Smith: 1 unfinished

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 6 August 2011

Associated departments & institutions

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

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