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File:Fertilization of Egypt (Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden) MET DP816711.jpg

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Fertilization of Egypt, from Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden", print, William Blake, after Henry Fuseli (MET, 68.540.10)

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Fertilization of Egypt (Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
William Blake  (1757–1827)  wikidata:Q41513 s:en:Author:William Blake q:en:William Blake
 
William Blake
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 Edit this at Wikidata 12 August 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
Work location
London; Felpham Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q41513
Henry Fuseli  (1741–1825)  wikidata:Q122382 s:en:Author:Henry Fuseli
 
Henry Fuseli
Alternative names
Deutsch: Johann Heinrich Füssli
Description British-Swiss painter, poet, drawer, illustrator, graphic artist and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 7 February 1741 Edit this at Wikidata 16 April 1825 / 1825 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Zürich Putney Hill, London
Work location
Switzerland, England
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q122382
Title
Fertilization of Egypt (Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden)
Description
Print; Prints
Date 1791
date QS:P571,+1791-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Engraving
Dimensions

image: 7 5/8 x 6 in. (19.4 x 15.2 cm)

sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 13/16 in. (25.7 x 19.8 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Drawings and Prints
Accession number
68.540.10
Credit line The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1968
Notes The work appears to be based on a drawing by Fuseli, not a painting, as is sometimes asserted; see Essick and Paice, "Newly Uncovered Blake Drawings in the British Museum."[1]
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/383667

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