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Artist/Maker	Westall, Richard (R.A.) (artist)
Place of origin	England (drawn)

Sketch to illustrate Milton's Paradise Lost, Book III, 1. 667; Pencil, on warm tinted paper, heightened with white; With the artist's initials; Designed for Sharpe's Classics, 1822, and engraved by Charles Heath.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	pencil, on warm tinted paper, heightened with white Paper Pencil Drawing (Image-Making) Heightening
Brief description	Westall, Richard (R.A.); Sketch to illustrate Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Book III, 1. 667; Pencil, on warm tinted paper, heightened with white; Initialled; Designed for Sharpe's Classics, 1822, and engraved by Charles Heath; English School; Late 18th - early 19th century.
Physical description	Sketch to illustrate Milton's Paradise Lost, Book III, 1. 667; Pencil, on warm tinted paper, heightened with white; With the artist's initials; Designed for Sharpe's Classics, 1822, and engraved by Charles Heath.
Dimensions	Height: 4.9in Width: 4in Original measurements converted from fractional inches into decimal inches (rounded to one decimal place). Dimensions taken from: DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Style	English School
Marks and inscriptions	Inscribed with the artist's initials.
Credit line	Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history	Designed to illustrate Sharpe's Classics 1822 publication of Milton's Paradise Lost, Book III, 1. 667. and engraved by Charles Heath.
Literary reference	John Milton's <u>Paradise Lost</u> (originally published in 1667).
Bibliographic reference	DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	DYCE.913

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Record created	November 13, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1140502/drawing-westall-richard-ra/

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