File:Deaths Door, object 1 (Essick XIII) Deaths Door.jpg

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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 London
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creator QS:P170,Q41513
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English: Deaths Door, object 1 (Essick XIII) Deaths Door
Date 1805
date QS:P571,+1805-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium white-line etching with touches of hand tinting
Dimensions 22.9 x 16.2 cm.
Private collection of Robert N. Essick
Object history Acquired, probably directly from Blake, by Samuel Palmer at an unknown time; given by Samuel Palmer to his son, Alfred Herbert Palmer, in 1875; sold from A. H. Palmer's collection, Christie's, 20 Feb. 1928, lot 33 (£546 to the dealer Frank T. Sabin); acquired by the dealer Gabriel Wells no later than 1939; sold by Wells to the dealer Charles Sessler Inc., March 1939, with George Richmond's letter to Samuel Palmer of 15 Aug. 1827 concerning Blake's death ($500); sold by Sessler (without the letter) to Charles J. Rosenbloom, Sept. 1939 ($750); inherited by Rosenbloom's widow, Lucile Johnson Rosenbloom, in 1973; acquired from Mrs. Rosenbloom by Robert N. Essick, Jan. 1986.
Notes Further record of the object and its copy from the William Blake Archive
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institution QS:P195,Q7774989
http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/object.xq?objectid=esxiii.1.spb.01&java=no
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