William Blake Visionary Head - Butlin 759

William Blake Visionary Head - Butlin 759 William Blake, 1757-1827, British Title A Visionary Head Alternate Titles Verso: Sketch of a Monument Date 1819 to 1820

Medium Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper Dimensions Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches (19.1 x 14.3 cm) Inscription(s)/ Marks/ Lettering Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Blakes writing on the Back-"; in brown ink, lower center: "Drawn by William Blake-"; in brown ink, lower right: "one of the heads of Personages Blake used to call up & see & sketch. supposed rapidly drawn from his Vision. Frederick Tatham"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center right: "Scale of Ten Feet" Credit Line Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection Accession Number B1975.4.43 Collection Prints and Drawings Link to This Record

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