Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Hope in Darkness

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Richard Westall
1765-1836

Hope in Darkness

5 5/8 x 3 7/16 inches (137 x 88 mm)
Graphite on paper mounted on card.
1986.2125

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title from item; attribution from GNR checklist.
Drawing for an illustration for the poem "Hope in darkness" by Isaac Watts.
Inscriptions/Markings
Caption directly below central design reads, "Hope in darkness"; above, "Watts Lyric Poems:"; lettered below, within decorative border, "Line 27. Break, glorious brightnefs, shoot one glimmering ray, One glance of thine creates a day, And drives the troops of hell away."
Summary

Circular central design shows a woman reclining with her arms folded to her chest and eyes looking heavenward; directly above her hover two frowning figures, one of whom carries a torch, and beyond them are dark clouds, with the rising sun visible at upper left. Framing the central design is an illustrated border, with the sun at top and a rooster at lower left.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department