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William Blake
1757-1827
Colinet and Thenot
Pen and black ink and wash, over graphite, on paper; traced for transfer.
1 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (43 x 87 mm)
Gift of Mrs. H. W. Reed in memory of Elizabeth Hudson.
1979.23
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Watermark: none.
Unused sketch for "The Pastorals of Virgil", adapted by Robert John Thornton, M.D., London, 1821.
Provenance:
John Linnell; Linnell sale, London, Christie's, 15 March 1918, part of lot 205; Parsons, London; sale, New York, American Art Association, 22 April 1924, part of lot 69; Brick Row Bookshop, New York; Mrs. Samuel Insull; Mrs. H.W. Reed.
Associated names:
Linnell, John, 1792-1882, 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.
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