File:The Temple of Mirth (BM 1872,1109.322).jpg
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[edit]The Temple of Mirth ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Print made by: William Blake
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Title |
The Temple of Mirth |
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Description |
English: Frontispiece to 'The Wit's Magazine', i. 1784. The interior of the temple, Mirth seated on a raised seat holding a book; she wears classical draperies and her hair is wreathed with vine leaves. On each side of her is a row of worshippers: on the left men hold their sides with laughter, one lies on the floor; on the right men and women jest together coyly, a lady looks at a man from behind her fan. Behind Mirth are two pictures, one (left) of Don Quixote with Sancho Panza and Rozinante, the other (right) Falstaff standing with shield and sword. On each of the two side walls are three busts in niches; on the right are 'Vol[taire]' and 'Stern[e]'. 1 Feb 1784
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Depicted people | Illustration to: Thomas Holcroft (editor) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1784 date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1872,1109.322 |
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Notes |
For William Blake's prints for "The Wit's Magazine", etched after designs by Thomas Stothard and Samuel Collings, see 1872,1109.322-26 and J,7.6. Another impression of this print is in a scrapbook in the British Museum collection, reg. no. 1979,1110.25 (not yet catalogued on-line, as of 12th July 2004). See also the proof before letters mentioned by Essick, in the Balmanno album in BM P&D: 1849,0721.502; another 1889,0118.10. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1872-1109-322 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 13:18, 11 October 2012 |
File change date and time | 13:52, 11 October 2012 |
Date metadata was last modified | 13:52, 11 October 2012 |