The Descent of Peace [recto]

c. 1815

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

This is a drawing depicting abstract figures and forms. The drawing features faint pencil sketches showing various figures in dynamic poses suggesting movement and emotion. One figure is in a dramatic arch at the top, while a group of figures is framed by an arched structure below. In the foreground, a reclining figure appears to observe or react to the central group. The scene feels ethereal and dreamlike, capturing a narrative and symbolic moment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 31.3 × 23.2 cm (12 5/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
    image (approximate): 23.5 × 15.5 cm (9 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9009.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Butlin 1981, no. 539, State recto

  • Series Title

    John Milton's On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Associated Artworks

Half-Length Figure of a Man [verso]

William Blake

1810

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1975

  • Fine 1975, IV.A.23.r.

  • Fine 1975, IV.A.23.v.

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

Wikidata ID

Q64636416

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