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Museum number: 1949,1112.2
Description: Jacob's Ladder, or Jacob's Dream, illustration to the Bible painted for Thomas Butts, Genesis, xxviii, 12; Jacob lies in foreground left dreaming, behind him rises spiral staircase amid stars and golden rays above, three women stand at foot of staircase carrying trays and urns, other figures ascend or descend stairs. c.1799-1807 Pen and grey ink and watercolour
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Production date: 1799-1806 (circa)
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Dimensions: Height: 398 millimetres; Width: 306 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 1808 London, Royal Academy, no.311 1809 London, Blake's exhibition, no.13 1876 London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, William Blake, no.154 1906 Jun-Jul, London, Carfax Gall, William Blake, no.37 1910 Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Mus, Blake from G. Robertson coll, no cat. 1913/4 London, Tate Gallery, William Blake, no.5 1913/4 Manchester, Whitworth AG, William Blake, no.5 1927 London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Blake centenary exhibition, no.4 1947 Paris, Antwerp, Zürich, London, Tate Gallery, William Blake, no.4 1949 Apr Bournemouth, Blake from G. Robertson collection, no.19 1949 May Southampton, Blake from G. Robertson collection, no.19 1949 June Brighton, Blake from G. Robertson collection, no.19 1957/8 BM, William Blake and his circle, no.17 1969 May-Jun Manchester, Whitworth AG, William Blake, no.24 1972-3 BM, The Art of Drawing, no. 296 1975 Hamburg, Kunsthalle, William Blake 1757-1827, no.102 1975 Frankfurt, Staedel. Kunstinstitut, William Blake 1757-1827, no. 102 1978 Jun-Jul, Manchester, Whitworth AG, Blake, no. 160 1983 Mar-May, Manchester, Whitworth AG, Most beautiful art ..., no. 18 1990 Sep-Nov, Tokyo, Nat Mus of Western Art, William Blake 2000 Apr-Jun, Helsinki City Art Gallery William Blake 2000 Sep-Nov, Prague Castle, William Blake 2008/9 Oct-Jan, Walsall, New AG, 'Blake: Angels and Imagination' 2009 April-Oct, London, Tate Britain, William Blake 1809 exhibition
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Thomas Butts; Representation of: Jacob
Acquisition name: Donated by: W Graham Robertson (Executors of); Donated through: Art Fund (as NACF); Purchased through: Christie's (22.vii.1949/4)
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Butts; Previous owner/ex-collection: Thomas Butts; Previous owner/ex-collection: Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton; Previous owner/ex-collection: Robert, 1st Marquess of Crewe; Previous owner/ex-collection: W Graham Robertson
Acquisition date: 1949
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1949,1112.2

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