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William Cowper: P.558-1985

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

William Cowper

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William
Draughtsman: Romney, George

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Measurements and weight

Height: 237 mm
Width: 176 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Geoffrey

Dating

1800s
1802 - 1803

Note

Frontispiece to the first volume of The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cooper, Esqr., with an introductory letter, to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, by William Hayley, Esqr., Vol. I-III, Chichester: Printed by J. Seagrave, for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, London, 1803-1804.

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: From a Portrait in Crayons Drawn from the Life by Romney in 1792.
  • Location: Plate lower left and centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Engravd [sic] by W Blake 1802
  • Location: Plate lower right
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: William . Cowper . / Carmine Nobilem / Horace
  • Location: Image lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.558-1985
Primary reference Number: 31433
Bentley: 468.1

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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