DrawingsBritish18th-19th century

The First Sight of the Spiritual World

18th-19th century

Artists

John FlaxmanArtist

William BlakeAlternative attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper

Culture

British

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

46.5 x 54.3 cm (18 5/16 x 21 3/8 in.)

Provenance

October 1923, from A.J. Finberg of the Cotswold Gallery. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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