DescriptionWilliam Blake Visionary Head - Butlin 759.jpg
English: 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
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A Visionary Head (c. 1819-1820). Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper, 19.1 x 14.3 cm (7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in).Yale Center for British Art