William BLAKE
Satan watching the endearments of Adam and Eve
1822
illustration for Paradise Lost by John Milton (IV, 325-535)

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over traces of black chalk, with gum and stippling and sponging

Measurements
52.8 × 39.0 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 537.1; Butlin & Gott 1

Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: WBlake inv

Accession Number
1025-3

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) couples crescents (motifs) embracing Eve (Abrahamic religion character) nudity Satan (Abrahamic religions character) serpents (general, animals)

Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)