A Figure Ascending in a Glory of Clouds (?)

probably c. 1805

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

The image displays swirling lines and curvilinear shapes overlapping and intertwining. The composition has an abstract quality, with lines resembling loops and spirals. Some loops form circular figures resembling coiled springs or abstract floral motifs.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.9 x 18.8 cm (9 x 7 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9010

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Butlin 1981, no. 619

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1975

  • Fine 1975, IV.A.24.

1981

  • Butlin, Martin. The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.

Inscriptions

by Frederick Tatham, lower right in brown ink: sketched by / William Blake / vouched by / Fredk. Tatham

Watermarks

[HAYES] & WISE (Shorter fig.82)

Wikidata ID

Q64636447

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