William Blake
1757-1827
Colinet and Thenot
1 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (43 x 87 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, over graphite, on paper; traced for transfer.
1979.23
Gift of Mrs. H. W. Reed in memory of Elizabeth Hudson.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Unused sketch for "The Pastorals of Virgil", adapted by Robert John Thornton, M.D., London, 1821.
Unused sketch for "The Pastorals of Virgil", adapted by Robert John Thornton, M.D., London, 1821.
Associated names
Linnell, John, 1792-1882, former owner.
Insull, Samuel, Mrs., former owner.
Reed, H. W., Mrs., former owner.
Insull, Samuel, Mrs., former owner.
Reed, H. W., Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography
Alexander Gilchrist, The Life of William Blake, II, London, 1863, discussed under no. 62.
Geoffrey Keynes, Pencil Drawings by William Blake, London, 1927, XIVff.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 177-178.
William Blake, exhibition catalogue by Martin Butlin, Tate Gallery, London, 1978, 138ff., under no. 305.
Geoffrey Keynes, Pencil Drawings by William Blake, London, 1927, XIVff.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 177-178.
William Blake, exhibition catalogue by Martin Butlin, Tate Gallery, London, 1978, 138ff., under no. 305.
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