File:James S De Ville 1776-1846 Head of William Blake - Plaster cast - Sept 1823 Fitzwilliam Museum2.jpg

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English: James S De Ville 1776-1846 Head of William Blake - Plaster cast - Sept 1823 Fitzwilliam Museum

Title:

Head of William Blake (1757-1827)

Maker(s) & 

Production:

De Ville, James S., maker, 1776-1846, plaster cast maker, England, London

Category:

sculpture

Name:

life mask

Date:

1823 The life mask was taken on September 1823

Period(s):

early 19th Century; George IV

Description:

Plaster cast, with shellac? coating. The neck rises from a circular base. In black tin trunk (A) with key (B) not accessioned

Technique:

casting (process); whole

Material(s):

plaster; whole shellac; surface; probably

Technique Description:

plaster cast, with shellac ? coating

Dimension(s):

height, whole, 29.3, cm width, whole, 17.6, cm depth, whole, 22.2, cm

Acquisition:

given; 1947-07-18; Richmond, Lady

Acquisition Credit:

Given by Lady Richmond

Exhibition(s):

William Blake. 2000-11-09 - 2001-02-11 Organiser: Tate Britain Venue: Tate Gallery, London?

Documentation:

Keynes, Geoffrey. 1977. The Complete Portraiture of William and Catherine Blake.London?: p. 133-4 Publ.

Hamlyn, Robin. Phillips, Michael. 2000. William Blake.London: p. 178 Publ. p. 178, no. 218, illustrated

Piper, David. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Incarnation of William Blake. Source Title: Financial Times(30th-July-1987)

Publ. Illustrated

Accession:

Object Number: M.7-1947 (Applied Arts) (record id: 77336; input: 2002-11-20; modified: 2012-10-19)

(Picture Cabinet reference : 701691/)

Permanent Identifier:

http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77336
Date
Source http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?qu=*&oid=77336
Author

Creator:James De Ville

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"Head of William Blake" by James De Ville. Life mask taken in plaster cast in September 1823. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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