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Vaughan Johnson Trust

Vaughan Johnson Trust

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This painting depicts a woman in a flowing dress. She faces us, with one arm extended downward and the other arm raised above her head. Her raised hand appears to hold the edge of a flowing cloth that drapes down behind her. A different cloth covers her head, and her facial features include thin, arched eyebrows, a straight nose, and small, slightly smiling lips. She wears a long gown with what looks like a crescent moon on her chest, and she is barefoot, with her toes visible below the edge of her dress. She holds a wand-like object in her hand, extended towards the bottom left corner. The wand appears to be topped with three flowers or buds. The background is plain beige paper, and the lines of the painting have been done in pale gray.
William Blake, Evening, c. 1820/1825, watercolor and chalk on wood, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990.22.1

Evening

William Blake · c. 1820/1825 · watercolor and chalk on wood ·  Accession ID  1990.22.1