Illustration for Thornton's Virgil: Plate 20: And Unyok'd Heifers, Loitering Homewards, Low
Illustration for Thornton's Virgil: Plate 20: And Unyok'd Heifers, Loitering Homewards, Low

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Illustration for Thornton's Virgil: Plate 20: And Unyok'd Heifers, Loitering Homewards, Low

William Blake, 1757–1827; born and died London, England
x1944-531

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Title
Illustration for Thornton's Virgil: Plate 20: And Unyok'd Heifers, Loitering Homewards, Low
Maker
William Blake
Medium
Pen and black ink and grey wash over graphite
Dimensions
3.7 x 9.1 cm. (1 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1944-531
Inscription
in brown ink on verso, center: Brick Row
Culture
British
Type
drawings
Materials
graphite, ink, artists' brushes, wash, wove paper
Subject
illustrations, suns, oxen, figures (representations), plows (agricultural equipment)

Brick Tow Book Shop, 1924; Alan Hazelton by 1927; Prof. Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.

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