The Descent of Peace [recto]

c. 1815

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

William Blake

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall (approximate): 31.3 x 23.2 cm (12 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.9009.a

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Butlin 1981, no. 539, State recto

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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