America A Prophecy Europe A Prophecy
Printmaker: Blake, William
Bookbinding
History note: Coll. John Linnell (d. 1882); The Linnell Trustees; John Linnell Sale, 15 March 1918 (172); Bought by Messrs Carfax for T.H. Riches (for 750 gns.); Mrs T.H. Riches (d. 1950)
T.H. Riches died in 1935. Bequest received in 1950 on the death of his wife.
Height: 312 mm
Width: 243 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950-10) by Riches, Thomas Henry
1793 - 1821
Each plate with a framing line in red
Plate numbers 1-18 added by Blake in black
Support
composed of
paper
Binding
composed of
vellum (skin)
Relief etching
: Bound in vellum
Pen and ink
Hand colouring
Colour printing
Accession number: P.127-1950
Primary reference Number: 978
Bindman: 146-184
Bentley: 33 K
Bentley: 6 O
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "America A Prophecy" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/978 Accessed: 2024-12-18 19:43:41
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/978
|title=America A Prophecy
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-18 19:43:41|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-978
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...