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Sweeping the Parlour in the Interpreter's House.

An illustration extracted from page 78 of William Blake, painter and poet by Richard Garnett Publisher: London, Seeley. The removed caption was Sweeping the Parlour in the Interpreter's House. The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour Print historical subject; intaglio print ca. 1822 White-line metal cut engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper Sheet: 7 x 9 1/8 inches (17.8 x 23.2 cm)Plate: 3 1/8 x 6 3/8 inches (7.9 x 16.2 cm) Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "Extremely rare"; lower center: "'Sweeping the Interpreter's House,' From the Pilgrim's Progress, See [...] ; [...] and Lord C[...] Sale Lot [...] 8"

not signed, not dated Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection Provenance: Greville Macdonald, by 1913 to 1927; (Francis Edwards, 1927) from whom purchased by Ruthven Todd (Sotheby's, 11 December 1973, lot. 25, bt. Tunick); (David Tunick) (Christie's, 4 July 1979, lot. 173, bt. Baskett and Day for Paul Mellon). B1981.25.769 http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1670869 men; dust; wings; steps; broom; historical subject; clouds; beard; women; angel 7245

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Date

published 1895

Source

copy held by University of Toronto, made available at williamblakepain00garnuoft Converted to PNG and greyscale: nudge slider for black and white only. The original was obtained from an online viewer's jpg, not supplied because there are larger files at the source for a more studied restoration. Scan of original would be even better. This version is adequate for its purpose.

Author



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	12 August 1827
Location of birth/death	London	London
Work location	London; Felpham
Authority file	: Q41513 VIAF: 54144439 ISNI: 000000012096135X ULAN: 500012489 LCCN: n78095331 NLA: 35019221 WorldCat

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