The Daughter of Men Becomes a Siren

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

    1944.14.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Butlin 1981, no. 827, State 3

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1957

  • The Art of William Blake, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1957, no. 57c.

Bibliography

1973

  • Taylor, P., BLAKE NEWS, 7 1973-74, fig.C.

1975

  • Fine 1975, IV.A.7.

1981

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

Inscriptions

upper center: B of Enoch; vertical along left edge facing outward: No 26 nextat p 43 / Hell Canto 16 (effaced); lower left upside do wn: 102; lower left: 4

Wikidata ID

Q64636523

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