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William Blake
1757-1827
Wat Tyler
Graphite, on wove paper.
9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (243 x 172 mm)
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in memory of Michael S. Currier on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows.
1999.2
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Inscribed at lower right, "Wat. / Tyler / By Wm Blake from / his Spectre as in the / act of Striking the Tax / Gatherer on the head. drawn / Octr 30.1819. 1h AM"; inscribed at lower left, "99".
Watermark: Wove paper, "C. BRENCHLEY" over "1804."
Provenance:
John Linnell; sale, London, Christie's, 15 March 1918, part of lot 163; Parsons; sale, London, Sotheby's, 28 July 1930, lot 77; Parsons; Knoedler's, New York; Mrs. Gerard B. Lambert, Princeton, NJ; her gift to Charles Ryskamp, Princeton.
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Associated names:
Linnell, John, former owner.
Lambert, Gerard B., Mrs., former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Bibliography:
Martin Butlin, The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake, New Haven and London, 1981, cat. 738, pl. 951.
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