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Portrait of the young William Blake: PD.14-1953

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Current Location: Gallery 12: William Blake's Universe

Titles

Portrait of the young William Blake

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Blake, Catherine

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Notes

History note: Said to have been given by Mrs Blake to a friend who sold it c. 1886 to Daniels (a printseller in Mortimer Street, London); bt. by Herbert P. Horne (d. 1916); acquired by E.H. Marsh in 1904.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Sir Edward Howard Marsh through the National Art-Collections Fund, 1953

Measurements and weight

Height: 155 mm
Width: 104 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1953) by Marsh, Edward Howard

Dating

Circa 1827 - 1831

School or Style

British

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