The Descent of the Angels to One of the Daughters of Men
c. 1824/1827
Artist, British, 1757 - 1827
William Blake

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 52.6 x 37 cm (20 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1944.14.5
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Catalogue Raisonné
Butlin 1981, no. 827, State 1
Artwork history & notes
Exhibition History
1957
The Art of William Blake, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1957, no. 57a.
Bibliography
1970
Keynes 1970, 84.
1973
Taylor, P., BLAKE NEWS, 7 1973-74, fig.A.
1975
Fine 1975, IV.A.5.
1981
Butlin, Martin. The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.
1999
Norris, Pamela. The Story of Eve. London, 1999: no. 9.
Inscriptions
upper center: From the Book of Enoch; in later hand, lower center: 3 Enoch
Watermarks
W ELGAR 1796 (similar to Shorter fig.57)
Wikidata ID
Q64636516