William Blake, 1757–1827, British, A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95), between 1797 and 1798
- Title:
- A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: "'Twas Milton struck the deep-ton'd shell, Meek Newton's self bends from his state sublime..." (Design 96)
Ode for Music- 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: "3"; in graphite center: "X"; on verso in black ink upper left: "4"; in graphite center: "+"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.11(48)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | bodies | chains | chair | clouds | flowers (plants) | garden | lightning | literary theme | lyre | men | mythological figures | religious and mythological subject | scales | sea | serpent | sky | stars | text | vines
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3689
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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]
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