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Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
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]
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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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