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William Blake

1757-1827

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Pen and black ink, black ink wash, watercolor, graphite, with selective scraping, on paper. Adhered to mount overall, 13 7/8 x 18 3/8 inches (352 x 468 mm).

16 11/16 x 12 3/16 inches (309 x 424 mm)

Gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne.

1971.18

Inscription:

Signed with monogram in pen and black ink at lower right corner, "W. B".

Provenance:

Thomas Butts; his son, Thomas Butts, Jr.; his son, Captain F.J. Butts; (sale, London, Sotheby's, 24 June 1903, no. 5, bought in; W. Graham Robertson; sale, London, Christie's, 22 July 1949, no. 8; Mrs. Landon K. Thorne.

Associated names:

Butts, Thomas, 1759-1846, former owner.
Butts, Thomas, 1788-1862, former owner.
Butts, Frederick J., Captain, former owner.
Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948, former owner.
Thorne, Landon K., Mrs., former owner.

Bibliography:

W. M. Rossetti in Alexander Gilchrist, Life of William Blake, London, 1863, II, 207, no. 54.
Exhibition of the Works of William Blake, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1876, no. 202, repr.
Exhibition of Works by William Blake, Carfax & Co., London, 1904, no. 5.
Works of Art, Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford, 1904, no. 406.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 109-110.
Régis, Michel. La peinture comme crime ou la part maudite de la modernité. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001, pp. 125 and 358, no. 77, repr.

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