William Blake

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William Blake
1757-1827
Head in Profile
Pencil, on paper.
7 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches (200 x 141 mm)
Gift of Patrick J. Ferry.
1978.25
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John Linnell; Adam White; M. R. Cotes; Horace G. Commin, Bournemouth; his sale, catalogue 142, October 1953 (£30 for this and others to John Frankenburg); John Frankenburg; sale, London, Sotheby's, 15 July 1959, lot 53 (£12 to Schwartz); Dr. T. Edward Hanley, Bradford, Pa.; his widow, Mrs. Tullah Hanley; sale, New York, Parke-Bernet, 13 January 1970, lot 125, repr. ($300 to Duschnes); Patrick J. Ferry, New York.
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Linnell, John, 1792-1882, former owner.
White, Adam, former owner.
Cotes, M. R. , former owner.
Commin, Horace G., former owner.
Frankenburg, John, former owner.
Hanley, T. Edward, former owner.
Hanley, Tullah Innes, former owner.
Ferry, Patrick J., former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 178.

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