File: Blake jacobsladder.jpg
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Summary
William Blake: Jacob's Ladder
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| Title |
Jacob's Dream, object 1 (Butlin 438) "Jacob's Dream" |
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painting  |
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| Genre |
religious art |
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| Date | 1805 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | pen and ink and water color | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 37 cm (14.5 in); width: 29.2 cm (11.4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
1949,1112.2 (British Museum) |
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| Object history | Commissioned and acquired from Blake by Thomas Butts; by inheritance in 1845 to Thomas Butts, Jr.; R. Monckton Milnes, 1st Lord Houghton, by 1863; by inheritance in 1885 to his son, 1st Marquess of Crewe; sold in 1904 to W. Graham Robertson; sold from Robertson's collection, Christie's, 22 July 1949, lot 4 (£5460 to the executors of Robertson's estate for presentation through the National Arts Collection Fund to the British Museum). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Work Information available at the William Blake Archive's record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Licensing
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| current | 01:58, 26 September 2013 | | 3,564 × 4,536 (2.43 MB) | wikimediacommons>Sadads | Uploading documented, high res and colour corrected scan of the image from the blake archive |
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