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Visionary head of Solomon

Maker

(artist)
1757-1827

Title

Visionary head of Solomon

Date of Production

1819 - 1820

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 25.1 cm
Width: 21.4 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.898

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords





Provenance

given by the artist to John Linnell, London (1792-1882); his estate sale, Christie's (London), 15 March 1918, as part of lot 163; purchased there by E. Parsons & Sons (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, c. 1935 (£8.4); Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

John Varley: A Bicentenary Exhibition, Hackney, London, 18/08/1978-08/10/1978

Neo-Classical Drawings, The Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1972-December 1972

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...More

Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59

Bicentenary exhibition of works by William Blake (1757-1827), The Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 01/11/1957-01/12/1957

Dessins, gouaches et aquarelles des poetes, Galerie Telnef, Paris, 1957

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less

Literature

Butlin, Martin, The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake, New Haven and London, 1981
no. 700

Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 3

Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 44 ...More

Bicentenary exhibition of works by William Blake (1757-1827), Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 1957
cat. no. 11

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 6

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 2

Keynes, Geoffrey, Pencil Drawings by William Blake, London: Nonesuch, 1927.
p. 43
Illus. repr.

Gilchrist, Alexander, Life of William Blake, London: The Bodley Head, 1907.
vol. 2, p. 244
Illus. no. 43 ...Less

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, upper left: “W / 1815” (not found in Heawood, possibly Whatman?).

Inscription: Recto: lower centre, graphite, John Linnell’s hand: ".SOLOMON..". Verso: lower centre, graphite, Witt number: "898 Blake".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower right, stamped: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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