Border Design [verso]

c. 1790/1795

William Blake

Associated Names
William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30 x 23.3 cm (11 13/16 x 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9011.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Butlin 1981, no. 239, State verso

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Associated Artworks

This is a drawing of several abstract shapes and figures on paper. It features delicate pencil lines forming abstract figures. At the top, a crescent shape is visible. The lines convey motion, with circular patterns on the left and small circular forms at the bottom. The drawing has a sense of lightness and fluidity, possibly representing forms and compositions in an expressive manner.

An Armed Man Spurning a Woman [recto]

William Blake

1790

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

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: First sketch for a Border / drawn by William Blake / vouched by Fredk. Tatham

Wikidata ID

Q64636453

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