- Title:
- God Creating the Universe
- Additional Title(s):
- The Ancient of Days
- Date:
- ca. 1800
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (23.5 x 33.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "The Ancient of Days in an orb of light surrounded | by dark clouds as referred to in the Proverbs VIII. 27 | stooping down with an enormous pair of compasses to | describe the destined orb ot the World - | (Blake) Paradise Lost | Book VII line 236"; in pen and brown ink, upper right: "'When he prepared the Heavens. | I was there, when he set a compass | upon the face of the depth' | Proverbs Chap 8 v 27"
Collector's mark: Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6009
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arms | calipers | clouds | compasses | creation | gods - classical mythology | man | religious and mythological subject | sky
- Associated People:
- God
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15115
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Creation (Yale Divinity School & Institute of Sacred Music) (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1979-04-23 - 1979-06-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]