Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Satan Approaching the Court of Chaos
Date:
1784 to 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.5 x 33.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper center: "8869"; in graphite, verso, upper right : "W. Blake"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1459
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
shield | staff | sash | angel | religious and mythological subject | literary theme | clouds | men | women | nudes
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)

British Drawings (Davis & Langdale Co.) (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1985-05-01 - 1985-05-31)

The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)

Creation (Yale Divinity School & Institute of Sacred Music) (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1979-04-23 - 1979-06-30)
Publications:
Nancy L. Pressly, The Fuseli circle in Rome : Early Romantic art of the 1770s, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1979, pp. 134, 136, no. 137, N6425 .N4 P73 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7224