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- Title:
Portrait of William Blake
- Date:
- ca. 1804
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 x 8 1/8 inches (17.8 x 20.6 cm), Mount: 16 5/8 x 12 7/8 inches (42.2 x 32.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "William Blake | Drawn by John Flaxman"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: " < . . . > "; inscribed on mount in graphite, upper center: "114 Drawings"; inscribed in graphite, on mount, verso, upper right: "[...]657"
Signed in graphite, lower center: "Drawn by John Flaxman"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.11(59)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artist | engraver (printmaker) | man | poet | 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:3598
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