Unknown artistformerly attributed to William Blake, 1757–1827, Britishstyle of George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Title:
God Creating the Universe
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (23.5 x 33.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "The Ancient of Days in an orb of light surrounded | by dark clouds as referred to in the Proverbs VIII. 27 | stooping down with an enormous pair of compasses to | describe the destined orb ot the World - | (Blake) Paradise Lost | Book VII line 236"; in pen and brown ink, upper right: "'When he prepared the Heavens. | I was there, when he set a compass | upon the face of the depth' | Proverbs Chap 8 v 27"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6009
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
compasses | creation | man | arms | gods - classical mythology | clouds | sky | religious and mythological subject | calipers
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)Creation (Yale Divinity School & Institute of Sacred Music) (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1979-04-23 - 1979-06-30)