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The Creation of Eve
1822
illustration for Paradise Lost by John Milton (VIII, 452-77)
Medium
pen and brown and black ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with stippling and sponging
Measurements
50.4 × 40.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Butlin 537.2; Butlin & Gott 2
Accession Number
1024-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
Adam (Abrahamic religion character) Eve (Abrahamic religion character) God (Abrahamic religions' deity) Legend of Adam and Eve (Abrahamic religion narrative) moons nudes (representations)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)