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Sketch for 'The Angel crossing the Styx'
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: Mrs. Blake; Frederick Tatham; ....; Quaritch, offered catalogue November 1882 (part of 346) and catalogue 350 10 August 1883 (part of 13843), sold 30 June 1886 to W. Graham Robertson, sold Christie's, 22 July 1949 (part of lot 79), bt. Maggs, sold to Geoffrey Keynes, 1949
Accepted by H.M. Treasury and allocated to the Fitwilliam Museum, through the Minister of the Arts, in lieu of capital tax
Height: 235 mm
Width: 285 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Keynes, Geoffrey
Circa 1824 - 1827
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Graphite on paper
Accession number: PD.184-1985
Primary reference Number: 8890
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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