William Blake
1757-1827
"The Briny Ocean Turns to Pastures Dry"
Graphite pencil and brush and gray wash, on paper.
1 7/16 x 3 7/16 inches (37 x 88 mm)
Gift of Col. David McC. McKell.
1959.16
Notes:
Drawing for woodcut 15 in "The Pastorals of Virgil", adapted by Robert John Thornton, M.D., London, 1821.
Watermark: none.
Provenance:
David McC. McKell.
Associated names:
McKell, David McC., Col., former owner.
Bibliography:
Adams, Frederick B., Jr., comp. Ninth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958 & 1959. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959, p. 115.
Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 133.
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