Luigi SCHIAVONETTI (etcher), William BLAKE (draughtsman)
Christ descending into the Grave
(c. 1805-1808); printed 1813
plate from The Grave, A Poem by Robert Blair, published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1813 (second edition)

Medium
etching and engraving

Measurements
22.9 × 12.4 cm (image) 23.2 × 12.6 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Judith and Graham Ryles OAM in memory of Dr Ursula Hoff AO OBE through the Australian Goverment's Cultural Gifts Program, 2010

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bentley 1977, 435C/D.2; Bindman 1978, 466

Inscription
none

Accession Number
2010.249

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Luigi SCHIAVONETTI (etcher), William BLAKE (draughtsman) Christ descending into the Grave (c. 1805-1808); printed 1813 plate from The Grave, A Poem by Robert Blair, published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1813 (second edition)

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Luigi SCHIAVONETTI (etcher), William BLAKE (draughtsman)
Christ descending into the Grave
(c. 1805-1808); printed 1813
plate from The Grave, A Poem by Robert Blair, published by Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1813 (second edition)