print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1894,0612.26
- Title
- Object: The Fertilization of Egypt
- Description
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The God Anubis with the head of a dog praying to the star Sirius for rain, standing with one foot on either bank of the river, beyond the winged figure of Jupiter Pluvius, after Fuseli; an illustration to Erasmus Darwin's 'The Botanic Garden', Part I, 1791, p. 127
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1791
- Dimensions
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Height: 193 millimetres
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Width: 153 millimetres (image only)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Blake engraved this drawing in reverse to illustrate Canto 3 of 'The Economy of Vegetation', part of Darwin's epic poem, 'The Botanic Garden'. The print is mounted and placed with two preliminary drawings (1863,0509.931,932).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2000/1 Nov-Feb, London, Tate Britain, 'William Blake'
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Botanic Garden
- Acquisition date
- 1894
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1894,0612.26
