John Flaxman, 1755–1826, British, Portrait of William Blake, ca. 1804
- Title:
- Portrait of William Blake
- Date:
- ca. 1804
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 x 8 1/8 inches (17.8 x 20.6 cm) and Mount: 16 5/8 x 12 7/8 inches (42.2 x 32.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in graphite, lower center: "Drawn by John Flaxman"
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "William Blake | Drawn by John Flaxman"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: " < . . . > "; inscribed on mount in graphite, upper center: "114 Drawings"; inscribed in graphite, on mount, verso, upper right: "[...]657"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.11(59)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- artist | engraver (printmaker) | man | poet | portrait | profile
- Associated People:
- Blake, William (1757–1827), engraver, artist, and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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William Blake, Tate Publishing, London, p. 114, cat. 90, NJ18.B57 M97 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)
R. J. B. Walker, Regency portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1985, p. 52 (vol. 1), N1090 A592 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3598
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