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'For Children: The Gates of Hell': Design for an unpublished titlepage 'It is deep Midnight' (design for a frontispiece)
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: Mrs. Blake; Frederick Tatham; ... Quaritch, offered catalogue, November 1882 (in 346 with 44 others), and catalogue 350 10 August 1883 (in 13843 with 44 others); sold 30 June 1886 to W. Graham Robertson, sold Christie's, July 1949 (part of 63b), bt. Maggs, sold 1949 to Geoffrey Keynes
Accepted by H.M. Treasury and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum through the Minister of the Arts in lieu of capital tax
Height: 137 mm
Width: 117 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Keynes, Geoffrey
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Graphite and paper
Accession number: PD.168-1985
Primary reference Number: 8864
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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