The Last Judgment

c. 1809

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink with wash over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 45.3 x 34.6 cm (17 13/16 x 13 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.9017

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Butlin 1981, no. 645

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1950

  • Masterpieces of Drawing: Diamond Jubilee Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1950-1951, no. 79, repro.

1953

  • Flight, Fantasy, Faith, Fact: A Loan Exhibition Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of Powered Flight, Dayton Art Institute, OH, 1953-1954, no. 96.

1957

  • The Art of William Blake, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1957, no. 51, repro.

1965

  • William Blake, Andrew Dickson White Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1965, no. 31, repro.

1996

  • William Blake, Fundación "la Caixa," Madrid; Fundació "la Caixa," Barcelona, 1996

1997

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

Bibliography

1975

  • Fine 1975, IV.A.31

1981

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

1982

  • Bindman, David. William Blake: His Art and Times. Exh. cat. Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. London, 1982: 98.

1992

  • Levitt, Annette Shandler, "Joyce Cary's Blake: The Intertextuality of The Horse's Mouth." Mosaic, 25/3(Summer 1992), p.56, fig.2.

1993

  • Goldsmith, Steven. Unbuilding Jerusalem: Apocalypse and Romantic Representation. Ithaca and London, 1993: fig. 5.

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