By the Waters of Babylon

DrawingsBritish19th century

By the Waters of Babylon

1806

Artists

William BlakeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor, black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

British

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

40.3 x 37.7 cm (15 7/8 x 14 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Thomas Butts; Thomas Butts, Jr., to; [Foster's, June 29, 1853, lot 133] sold; to H.G. Bohn. Joseph A. Paton, sold [Chapman's, Edinburgh, Nov. 10-12, 1874, lot 1189]. John Crosby, by 1876; Mrs. A. R. Crosby, sold [Sotheby's, London, April 6-8, 1925, lot 152, repr.]; to Frank Sabin. [Gabriel Wells, New York] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 1925, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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