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Laocoön
Printmaker: Blake, William
Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey
Production date: circa AD 1818
Based on the Antique sculpture carved in Rhodes (c.25 B.C.), now in the Vatican, which Blake engraved as one of seven plates to illustrate an article by John Flaxman on sculpture for Abraham Rees' The Cyclopaedia, dated 1815.
Only two impressions survive. This one seems to be the later.
Support
composed of
paper
Plate
Height 274 mm
Width 227 mm
Sheet
Height 382 mm
Width 275 mm
Accession number: P.398-1985
Primary reference Number: 725
Bindman: 623
Essick: XIX I A
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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