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Summary

William Blake: Jacob's Ladder  wikidata:Q17630850 reasonator:Q17630850
Artist
William Blake  (1757–1827)  wikidata:Q41513 s:en:Author:William Blake q:en:William Blake
 
William Blake
Alternative names
W. Blake; Uil'iam Bleik; Blake
Description English-British painter, poet, theologian, collector, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death 28 November 1757 Edit this at Wikidata 12 August 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q41513
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Jacob's Dream, object 1 (Butlin 438) "Jacob's Dream"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Date 1805
date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium pen and ink and water color
Dimensions height: 37 cm (14.5 in); width: 29.2 cm (11.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,37.0U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,29.2U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Accession number
1949,1112.2 (British Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
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
References
Source/Photographer
institution QS:P195,Q7774989
http://www.blakearchive.org/copy/jerusalem.e?descId=but438.1.wc.01

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Jacob's Dream by William Blake (c. 1805, British Museum, London)

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