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William Blake, 1757–1827, British, A Visionary Head, 1819 to 1820
- Title:
A Visionary Head
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Sketch of a Monument
- Date:
- 1819 to 1820
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches (19.1 x 14.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Blakes writing on the | Back-"; in brown ink, lower center: "Drawn by William | Blake-"; in brown ink, lower right: "one of the heads of | Personages Blake used | to call up & see & sketch. | supposed rapidly drawn | from his Vision. | Frederick Tatham"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center right: "Scale of Ten Feet"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.43
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- face | figure study | figures | head | man | monument
- 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:7238
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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]
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