William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishText by Thomas Gray, 1716–1771, British
Title:
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
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 gray ink upper right: "3"; on verso in gray ink upper left: "4"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.11(2)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | religious and mythological subject | leaf | branches | angels | roots | lyre | nude | nudes | vines | flowers (plants) | trees | text | grass | seasons | spring | star | mothers | babies | women | man | men
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
Publications:
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 magazineArnold 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