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Frontispiece: Adam naming the beasts: P.475-1985

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Frontispiece: Adam naming the beasts
Designs to A series of Ballads

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

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

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Production date: AD 1802

Note

Proof of the frontispiece for Designs to A series of Ballads, by William Hayley, 1802

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 176 mm Width 140 mm
Sheet Height 310 mm Width 250 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Their strength, or speed, or vigilance, were giv'n / In aid of our defects. In some are found / Such teachable and apprehensive parts, / That man's attainments in his own concerns / Match'd with th' expertmels of the brutes in theirs / Are oft times vanquish'd and thrown far behind. / Cowper's Task / Book VI.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Verses
  • Text: Wm Blake fecit.
  • Location: Lower right
  • Method of creation: Pen and ink
  • Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.475-1985
Primary reference Number: 664
Bindman: 385
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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