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The Creation

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

(engraver)
1757-1827

Title

The Creation

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.4 cm
Width: 16.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1951.XX.1.15

Mode of Acquisition

Jungawalla, gift, 1951

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right hand corner & recto : numbered : 14

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre margin & recto : : Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : When the morning Stars sang together. [ampersand] all the / Sons of God shouted for joy //

Inscription: inscription : printed : left hand margin & recto : : Let there Be / Light / Let there be A / Firmament / Let the Waters be gathered / together unto one place / [ampersand] let the Dry Land / appear //

Inscription: inscription : printed : right hand margin & recto : : And God made Two Great Lights / Sun / Moon / Let the Waters bring / forth abundantly / Let the Earth bring forth / Cattle [ampersand] Creeping thing / [ampersand] Beast //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : WBlake invenit [ampersand] Sc //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : London. Published as the Act directs March 8[colon] 1823 by Willm Blake N3 Fountain Court Strand //

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