William Blake
1757-1827
Fire
16 11/16 x 12 3/16 inches (309 x 424 mm)
Pen and black ink, black ink wash, watercolor, graphite, with selective scraping, on paper. Adhered to mount overall, 13 7/8 x 18 3/8 inches (352 x 468 mm).
1971.18
Gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with monogram in pen and black ink at lower right corner, "W. B".
Associated names
Butts, Thomas, 1759-1846, former owner.
Butts, Thomas, 1788-1862, former owner.
Butts, Frederick J., Captain, former owner.
Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948, former owner.
Thorne, Landon K., Mrs., former owner.
Butts, Thomas, 1788-1862, former owner.
Butts, Frederick J., Captain, former owner.
Robertson, W. Graham (Walford Graham), 1866-1948, former owner.
Thorne, Landon K., Mrs., former owner.
Bibliography
W. M. Rossetti in Alexander Gilchrist, Life of William Blake, London, 1863, II, 207, no. 54.
Exhibition of the Works of William Blake, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1876, no. 202, repr.
Exhibition of Works by William Blake, Carfax & Co., London, 1904, no. 5.
Works of Art, Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford, 1904, no. 406.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 109-110.
Régis, Michel. La peinture comme crime ou la part maudite de la modernité. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001, pp. 125 and 358, no. 77, repr.
Exhibition of the Works of William Blake, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1876, no. 202, repr.
Exhibition of Works by William Blake, Carfax & Co., London, 1904, no. 5.
Works of Art, Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford, 1904, no. 406.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 109-110.
Régis, Michel. La peinture comme crime ou la part maudite de la modernité. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001, pp. 125 and 358, no. 77, repr.
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