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- Title:
William Blake in Youth and Age
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Medium:
- Graphite with brush and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed lower center: "Portraits of Willm Blake| at the ages of 28 & 69 years.| Born November 20th 1757. Died August 12 1827| Aetat: 69."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.1(101)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artist | men | portrait | profile
- Associated People:
- Blake, William (1757–1827), engraver, artist, and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29408
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Matthew Hargraves, William Blake and Paul Mellon : the life of the mind, Open Knowledge Foundation, New York, 2014, [ pp. 1, 6, 7 ], color detail and fig. 6, V 2557 Printed from URL: http://openglam.org/2014/10/07/william-blake-and-paul-mellon-the-life-of-the-mind [ORBIS]
R. J. B. Walker, Regency portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1985, p. 52 (vol. 1), N1090 A592 (YCBA) [YCBA]