The Execution of Breaking on the Rack, 1793

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series Title

Stedman's "Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition"

Medium

etching and engraving on wove paper mounted on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 24.4 × 17.4 cm (9 5/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
mount: 28 × 19.6 cm (11 × 7 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Keynes 1921, no. 111, State (xiv)

Accession Number

1943.3.1837

Artists / Makers

William Blake (artist) British, 1757 - 1827

John Gabriel Stedman (artist after) British, 1744 - 1797

Image Use

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Inscription

recto: in plate, below image: The Execution of Breaking the Rack.; in graphite, below image at left: Blake; on mount, in graphite, at lower left: K. III XIV; on mount at lower right: B-4321 37.143i; verso: none

Bibliography

1921: Keynes, Geoffrey. A bibliography of William Blake. New York: Grolier Club, 1921.