- Title:
- The Fall of Satan
- Additional Title(s):
- 'Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked', Plate 16
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1825
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 × 10 7/8 inches (38.1 × 27.6 cm), Plate: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20 × 16.5 cm), Image: 7 1/4 × 5 7/8 inches (18.4 × 14.9 cm), Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "17"
Lettered inside image, upper right: "16"; upper center: "Hell is naked before him & Destruction has no covering"; left: "Canst thou by searching find out God | Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection | The Accuser of our Brethren is Cast down | which accused them before our God day & night"; right: "It is higher than Heaven what canst thou do | It is deeper than Hell what canst thou know | The Prince of this World shall be cast out"; lower center: "Thou hast fulfilled the Judgement of the Wicked | Even the Devils are Subject to Us thro thy Name. Jesus said unto them. I saw Satan as lightning fall from Heaven | God hath chosen the foolish things of the World to confound the wise | And God hath chosen the weak things of the World to confound the things that are mighty | WBlake inv & sculp"; lower center: "London. Published as the Act directs March 8:1825 by William Blake No 3 Fountain Court Strand"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1518
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, The Fall of Satan, 1825
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