The Execution of Breaking on the Rack

1793

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on wove paper mounted on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1943.3.1837

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Keynes 1921, no. 111, State (xiv)

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1921

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

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q64962824

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