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Agnes: PD.152-1985

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Agnes

Maker(s)

Painter: Blake, Catherine

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Notes

History note: Mrs. Butts; Thomas Butts Jnr.; Capt. F.J. Butts; his widow, sold April 1906, through Carfax to W. Graham Robertson, sold Christie's 22 July 1949, lot 82, bt. Walsh for Geoffrey Keynes

Legal notes

Accepted by H.M. Treasury from the estate of Sir Geoffrey Keynes and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum through the Minister of the Arts in lieu of capital taxes.

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

1800s
Production date: circa AD 1800

Note

An illustration to M.G. Lewis's 'The Monk', published 1795.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Tempera

Components of the work

Support composed of canvas
Canvas Height 14 cm Width 15.3 cm

Techniques used in production

Painting (image-making) : Tempera on canvas

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: inscription by William Blake

  • Text: Agnes from the Novel of the Monk / Designed & Painted by Catherine Blake / and Presented by her in Gratitude and / Friendship to Mrs. Butts.
  • Location: Verso

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.152-1985
Primary reference Number: 3114

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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