William BLAKE

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

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

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)

Place/s of Execution

London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Butlin 537.2; Butlin & Gott 2

Accession Number

1024-3

Department

International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

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)

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William BLAKE

The Creation of Eve
1822
illustration for Paradise Lost by John Milton (VIII, 452-77)