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Sketch for 'The Waking of Leonora'
Draughtsman: Blake, William
History note: Mrs. Blake; Frederick Tatham; ....; Bernard Quaritch, offered November 1882 (part of 346) and 1887 (part of 13843), sold 30 June 1886 to W. Graham Robertson, sold Christie's, 22 July 1949 (part of lot 70) bt. Wylie for Geoffrey Keynes
Accepted by H.M. Treasury and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum, through the Minister of the Arts in lieu of capital taxes
Height: 149 mm
Width: 235 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Keynes, Geoffrey
Sketch for the watercolour 'The Waking of Leonora, design for the tailpiece of Burger's 'Leonora' ' in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Anton G. Hardy, Manchester, Vernon, (Butlin 338)
Support composed of paper
Drawing : Graphite on paper
Accession number: PD.256-1985
Primary reference Number: 8900
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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