The Fall of Satan
Maker
(artist)
1757-1827
(engraver)
1757-1827
1757-1827
(engraver)
1757-1827
Title
The Fall of Satan
Date of Production
executed :
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 20 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Width: 16.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1951.XX.1.17
Mode of Acquisition
Jungawalla, gift, 1951
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right hand corner & recto : numbered : 16.
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre margin & recto : : Hell is naked before him [ampersand] Destruction has no covering //
Inscription: inscription : printed : left hand margin & recto : running vertically up page : Canst thou by searching find out God Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection / The Accuser of our Brethren is Cast down / which accused them before our God day [ampersand] night //
Inscription: inscription : printed : right hand margin & recto : running vertically down page : It is higher than Heaven what canst thou know / The Prince of this World shall be cast out. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked / Evenm the Devils are Subject to Us thro thy Name. Jesus said unto them. I saw Sataon as lightning fall from Heaven / God hath chosen the foolish things of the World to confound the wise / And God hath chosen the weak things of the World to confound the things that are mighty //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : WBlake inv [ampersand] sculp //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : inscription very faint : London Published as the Act directs March 8[colon] 1825 by William Blake No3 Fountain Court, Strand //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre margin & recto : : Hell is naked before him [ampersand] Destruction has no covering //
Inscription: inscription : printed : left hand margin & recto : running vertically up page : Canst thou by searching find out God Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection / The Accuser of our Brethren is Cast down / which accused them before our God day [ampersand] night //
Inscription: inscription : printed : right hand margin & recto : running vertically down page : It is higher than Heaven what canst thou know / The Prince of this World shall be cast out. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked / Evenm the Devils are Subject to Us thro thy Name. Jesus said unto them. I saw Sataon as lightning fall from Heaven / God hath chosen the foolish things of the World to confound the wise / And God hath chosen the weak things of the World to confound the things that are mighty //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : WBlake inv [ampersand] sculp //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : inscription very faint : London Published as the Act directs March 8[colon] 1825 by William Blake No3 Fountain Court, Strand //
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