William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre, ca. 1805
- Title:
- Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre
- Date:
- ca. 1805
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (43.8 x 31.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower right, circled: "inv | WB"; in graphite, lower center: "W. Blake del"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1794
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angels | Christianity | faith | halos | kneeling | men | religious and mythological subject | Resurrection of Christ | robes | sepulchres | shrouds | urns | veil | wings | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: As a COVID-19 precaution, the Study Room is closed until further notice. - Exhibition History:
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William Blake [Butlin] (Tate Britain, 1978-03-08 - 1978-05-21)
William Blake [Butlin] (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978-06-10 - 1978-07-15)
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 5, ND466 G67 (YCBA)
William Blake, Tate Publishing, London, p. 94, cat. 71, NJ18.B57 M97 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7233
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