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Luigi Schiavonetti (etcher)
William Blake (draughtsman)
Death of the Strong Wicked Man (c. 1805-1808); printed 1813
etching and engraving
20.8 × 26.0 cm (image) 24.0 × 27.8 cm (plate) 26.1 × 30.3 cm (sheet)
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
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Death of the Strong Wicked Man
(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
20.8 × 26.0 cm (image) 24.0 × 27.8 cm (plate) 26.1 × 30.3 cm (sheet)
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
Inscription
printed in ink l.c.: Death of the Strong Wicked Man. / … Heard you that groan? / It was his last. / London, Published March 1, 1813, by R. Ackermann, 101, Strand.
Accession Number
2010.251
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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