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Identification and Creation
Object Number
M10461
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
"When the morning stars sang together,"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Book of Job
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1823
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/257730
Physical Descriptions
Medium
Engraving on white wove paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 20.8 x 16.6 cm (8 3/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 35 x 25.7 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Proof
  • inscription: in image, lower left: WBlake Invenit & Sc
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: London. Published as the Act directs March 8:1823 by Will Blake N3 Fountain Court Strand
  • inscription: in plate, upper right: 14
Provenance
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
State
iii, proof
Standard Reference Number
Binyon 119
Acquisition and Rights
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
M10461
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Blake to Beardsley: A Century of English Illustrators, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 19

Exhibition History

Blake to Beardsley: A Century of English Illustrators, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/01/1944 - 06/30/1944

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