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Har and Heva asleep with Mnetha guarding them: PD.161-1985

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Har and Heva asleep with Mnetha guarding them
Illustrations to Tiriel

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Blake, William

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Notes

History note: ?Mrs Blake; ?Frederick Tatham, sold to Joseph Hogarth, sold Southgate's 7-30 June, 1854 part of lot 643 ('Twelve elaborate subjects, designed to illustrate a Work, the subject unknown'), bt. Morley; Elhanan Bicknell, sold Christie's, 29 April - 1 May 1863 lot 379, bt. Jupp; ... Mrs. Lucy Graham Smith; Hon. Anthony Asquith; sold before sale at Hodgson's, 1942 to Geoffrey Keynes

Legal notes

Accepted by H.M. Treasury, and allocated to the Museum through the Minister of the Arts in lieu of capital taxes

Measurements and weight

Height: 192 mm
Width: 280 mm

Acquisition and important dates

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

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Ink
Black chalk
Grey wash

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Pen and ink : Pen and grey wash over traces of black chalk on paper

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.161-1985
Primary reference Number: 8857
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 November 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 14 November 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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