Watercolor Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost by William Blake
Work Information
Title: Illustrations to Milton's “Paradise Lost”, The Linnell Set
Origination: William Blake: author, inventor, delineator, colorist
Composition Date: 1822
Note: The date of composition is established by stylistic considerations and by a reference in John Linnell's journal that Blake “began copies from his Drawings from Milton's P.L.” on 9 May 1822. The drawings Blake began to copy were probably those comprising the Butts set of Paradise Lost illustrations.
Number of Objects: 3
Object Order: 1-3
Object Size: each approximately 51.0 x 38.0 cm.
Number of Leaves: 3
Leaf Size: approximately 52.0 x 39.5 cm.
Medium: pen and water color
Support: wove paper
Watermark: none recorded
Penned Numbers: none
Frame Lines: Objects 1 and 2 have single framing lines around all four sides of the designs. The framing lines in object 3 may have been trimmed away, except where still visible along the top and bottom margins.
Provenance
Name: National Gallery of Victoria (objects 1-2), Fitzwilliam Museum (object 3)
Date: Objects 1-2 acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1920; object 3 acquired by the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1950.
Dealer: See the note on provenance, below.
Price: See the note on provenance, below.
Note: Acquired directly from Blake, and probably commissioned, by John Linnell, c. 1822; sold from Linnell's collection, Christie's, 15 March 1918, lots 152 (object 2, £441 to the dealer Martin), 153 (object 1, £346.10s. to the dealer Martin), and 154 (object 3, £399 to Carfax & Co. acting for T. H. Riches). Objects 1 and 2 were acquired by Martin on behalf of the Felton Bequest for presentation to the National Gallery of Victoria in 1920. Object 3 was bequeathed by Riches to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1935, with a life-interest to his widow; the work was received by the Fitzwilliam in 1950.
Present Location
National Gallery of Victoria
PO Box 7259
Melbourne, Victoria 8004
Australia
Telephone: 3-8620-2222
Fax: 3-8620-2555
email: enquiries@ngv.vic.gov.au
URL: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/
Department: Prints and Drawings
Accession Number: 1025/3 (object 1) and 1024/3 (object 2)
Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1RB
United Kingdom
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Source
Found on internet, but is PD-ART
Author
Art by William Blake
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