The Descent of the Angels to One of the Daughters of Men

c. 1824/1827

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

William Blake

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 52.6 x 37 cm (20 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1944.14.5

  • 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


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