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

People, subjects and objects depicted

• Print
• Adam

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

• William Blake: catalogue of the Blake collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.475-1985
Primary reference Number: 664
Bindman: 385
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Associated departments & institutions

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