King Canute, c. 1819/1820

Not on View

series Title

Visionary Heads

Medium

graphite

Dimensions

overall: 25.8 x 20.3 cm (10 3/16 x 8 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Butlin 1981, no. 721

Accession Number

1943.3.9001

Artists / Makers

William Blake (artist) British, 1757 - 1827

Image Use

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Inscription

by John Linnell, in graphite, lower center: Canute; lower right: Dark Hair & Eyes; across center effaced: King Canute Dark Hair & Eyes / J. Linnell; lower right verso: J.L.

Provenance

LJR (Lugt Supp.1760b)

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Exhibition History

1997: Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

Bibliography

1975: Fine 1975, IV.A.15.

1981: Butlin, Martin. The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981.