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The Resurrection: The angel rolling away the stone from the sepulchre
Blake, William, born 1757 - died 1827 - Enlarge image
The Resurrection: The angel rolling away the stone from the sepulchre
- Object:
Watercolour
- Place of origin:
England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1808 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Blake, William, born 1757 - died 1827 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
pen and ink and watercolour
- Credit Line:
The Morse gift
- Museum number:
P.7-1972
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case WD, shelf 61, box A
Physical description
Pen and ink and watercolour depicting Christ lying naked and flanked by angels, whilst an angel above him rolls the stone away from the sepulchre. Signed lower right: "WB".
Place of Origin
England (made)
Date
ca. 1808 (made)
Artist/maker
Blake, William, born 1757 - died 1827 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
pen and ink and watercolour
Marks and inscriptions
Two angels in white the one at the head, and the other at the feet / Matw. cn. 28th v. 2nd And below there was a great earthquake, for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door. /17.
Inscribed on mount
Dimensions
Height: 410 mm image, Width: 299 mm image, Height: 553 mm sheet, Width: 443 mm sheet
Object history note
Exhibitions: 'William Blake', BFAC, 1876, no. 65. 'Blake Centenary Exhibition', BFAC, 1927, No. 29. 'British Art', RA. 1934. 'Twee Eeuwen Engelsche Kunst', Stadelyk Museum, Amsterdam, 1936, no. 189. 'William Blake', British Council, Antwerp, Zurich, Tate Gallery, 1947, No. 20.
Provenance: Thomas Butts Collection, Sale Foster's, London 29 June 1853 (lot 134, £2.6.0) ; J C Strange; after 1876, Sydney Morse; Esmond Morse by whose heirs this and P.6-1971 were given to the Museum.
Descriptive line
Pen and ink and watercolour by William Blake (1757-1827) entitled 'The Resurrection: The angel rolling away the stone from the sepulchre'. Great Britain, ca. 1808.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
A. Gilchrist, Life of William Blake, new ed. 1880, 11, p.241, no. 187.
L.Binyon, The Drawings and Engravings of William Blake, 1922, pl. 78.
Reproduced in the Burlington Magazine, CXIV, 1972, p.653, fig.94.
p.92, pl.81
Coombs, Katherine British watercolours : 1750-1950 . London: V&A Publications, 2012
Materials
Paper; Pencil
Techniques
Painting
Subjects depicted
Angels
Categories
Christianity; Paintings; Religion
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection