- Title:
- "Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: The Serpent & the Wolvish Dog, Two Terrors in the Northern Mythology (Design 86)
The Descent of Odin- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1797 and 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink upper right: "9"; in graphite upper center: "x"; on verso in black ink upper left: "10"; in black ink center: "The Triumphs of Owen | 1. A Standard bearer fainting in the routed | battle | 2. A Festal board | 3. The Bard singing Owens praise | 4. 'Dauntless on his native sands | The Dragon son of Mona stands' | 5. Fear to stop & shame to fly' | 6. The liberal Man inviting the traveller | into his house"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.11(43)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armor | bridle | dragon | fire | flames | helmets | horse (animal) | knight (landholder) | literary theme | man | mythological figures | religious and mythological subject | serpent | snake | text | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3678
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Colin Cross, Blake revealed, William Blake : Discovery of a Masterwork , Observer, vol. 12, November 21, 1971, pp. 19-23, V 1245 Detached from Observer colour magazine [ORBIS]
Arnold Fawcus, Unknown Watercolours by William Blake, Illustrated London News, vol. 259, No. 6881, December 25, 1971, pp. 45-46, 49-51, Illustrated London News Historical Archive [ORBIS]