Evening, c. 1820/1825

Not on View

Medium

watercolor and chalk on wood

Dimensions

overall: 91.8 x 29.7 cm (36 1/8 x 11 11/16 in.)

framed: 101.1 x 38.7 x 5.7 cm (39 13/16 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.22.1

Artists / Makers

William Blake (artist) British, 1757 - 1827

Image Use

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Provenance

Rev. John Johnson; Canon Cowper Johnson; Bertram R. Vaughan Johnson; his widow; Rev. B. Talbot Vaughan Johnson; the Vaughan Johnson Trust; (sale, Sotheby's, 18 July 1979, no. 59); purchased by (Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London) for Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; gift 1990 to NGA.

Associated Names

Agnew & Sons, Ltd., Thomas
Hanes, Gordon, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson Trust, Vaughan
Johnson, B. Talbot Vaughan, Rev.
Johnson, Bertram R. Vaughan
Johnson, Cowper, Canon
Johnson, John, Rev.
Sotheby's, London

Exhibition History

1947: William Blake, Arts Council of Great Britain, London, Paris, Antwerp and Zurich, 1947, no. 34

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, unnumbered catalogue, color repro.

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

2019: William Blake (Tate), Tate, London, 2019 - 2020, no. 95, repro.

Bibliography

1981: Butlin, Martin. The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake. New Haven, 1981: no. 809

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: 134-135, color repro.

2004: Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 348-349, no. 279, color repro.