The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlor

c. 1820/1822

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

William Blake

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    white-line metalcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 7.9 x 15.9 cm (3 1/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 23.5 x 31.1 cm (9 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8984

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bindman 1978, no. 619, State b

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Art of William Blake, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1957, no. 71.

1965

  • Master Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1965, no. 90.

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 20.

1968

  • Good and Bad Angels, University of Notre Dame Art Gallery, IN, 1968, no catalogue.

1997

  • Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

Bibliography

1978

  • Bindman, David. The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.

Wikidata ID

Q65026695

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