William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Five Visionary Heads of Women, 1819 to 1820
- Title:
Five Visionary Heads of Women
- Additional Title(s):
Five Visionary Heads (Heads of Women)
- Date:
- 1819 to 1820
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches (27 x 32.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "These are heads he used | to see of deceased worthies | in vision [...]"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "[...] Guiness"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1025
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- heads | portrait | portraits | profiles | sketches | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7239
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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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