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