Drawing attributed to William Blake
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TitleDrawing attributed to William Blake
Reference codeSLV/105/27
Date[c1784-1800], 1961, c1991
Scope and Content- Ink-and-pencil drawing depicting Adam and Eve's expulsion from the garden of Eden, inscribed 'Blake 1784'.
- Colour photograph of the drawing, plus two negatives (c1991).
- Colour photograph of a similar watermark to the one found on the drawing (c1991).
- Memorandum stating that the drawing was examined by Dr Martin Butlin and Professor David Bindman, both Blake scholars, who decided the drawing was not by William Blake (16 May 1991).
- Two handwritten notes stating that the drawing had been examined by Sir Geoffrey Keynes in 1961 who expressed doubts that the drawing was by Blake (1961, c1991).
- Photocopy of a handlist of exhibits of material relating to William Blake and the William Blake Trust (undated).
- Colour photograph of the drawing, plus two negatives (c1991).
- Colour photograph of a similar watermark to the one found on the drawing (c1991).
- Memorandum stating that the drawing was examined by Dr Martin Butlin and Professor David Bindman, both Blake scholars, who decided the drawing was not by William Blake (16 May 1991).
- Two handwritten notes stating that the drawing had been examined by Sir Geoffrey Keynes in 1961 who expressed doubts that the drawing was by Blake (1961, c1991).
- Photocopy of a handlist of exhibits of material relating to William Blake and the William Blake Trust (undated).
Conditions governing accessOpen, subject to the conditions outlined at fonds level
Extent9 items
The drawing was formerly inserted in the Sterling Library copy no 1 of Edward Young's 'Night Thoughts' (1797 edition), illustrated by William Blake, for which see Library classmark: [S.L.] IV [Blake - 1791] fol.
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