Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy: P.92-2005

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Entities

Album

Categories

Print
Album

Description

Book

Notes

History note: Keynes, Sir Geoffrey; Keynes Family Trust

Legal notes

Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum from the Estate of Quentin Keynes

Measurements and weight

Height: 404 mm
Width: 560 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2005) by H.M. Government

Dating

1827 - 1838

Note

Published by John Linnell in 1838. Contains seven plates.

School or Style

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé

Techniques used in production

Inscription or legends present

Text: This is the original form in which Blake's Dante plates were issued by Linnell, after / Blake's death, in 1838. Very few sets seem to have been distributed. One / I have seen was sold through Edward John Chance, printseller, 28 London St. Fitzroy Square who / witnessed the agreement between Blake and Linnell about the Job plates. He took 25 sets. / This copy was recased with new end-papers in 1951. GLK / These are the earliest impressions showing much burr in the unfinished plate 3, which was lost in the later prints. / with nearly all the passages in dry-point.
Location: Title-page, lower centre
Method of creation: Graphite

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.92-2005
Primary reference Number: 31936
Bindman: 647-653
Old loan number: KFT loan 1
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 19 October 2022

Associated departments & institutions

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

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