William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishText by Thomas Gray, 1716–1771, British
Title:
"Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)
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: "7"; in graphite upper center: "x"; on verso in gray ink upper left: "8"; in graphite center: "x"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.11(24)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
fur | ice | man | men | queen (person) | musician | cave | text | crown (costume component) | stone | pelt | chains | shackles | trumpet | organ | wings | coat | boots | sceptre | angels | wolf | literary theme | religious and mythological subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
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