The Day of Judgment
William Blake · 1805 · Pen and gray and black inks and watercolor, with scraping, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board
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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
The Day of Judgment is a public-domain drawing by William Blake, dated 1805. Pen and gray and black inks and watercolor, with scraping, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“The Day of Judgment” (1805) belongs with Blake’s printed visions. He usually etched the plate himself and often printed it in small numbers for his own books.
About the artist
William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet and printmaker. In his illuminated books he wrote the text and etched the pictures himself. The images are visions, not records of a place.
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