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William Blake's Graphic Art from the Rosenwald Collection

February 11 – July 7, 1970
Ground Floor, Cafeteria Corridor (1,000 sq. ft.)

William Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun, c. 1805, pen and ink with watercolor over graphite, Rosenwald Collection, 1943.3.8999

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.

Overview: An exhibition of 25 engravings and watercolors was organized in response to frequent requests from the public for showings of works by William Blake. Included was the famous watercolor The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun.

Blake, William
British, 1757 - 1827