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The Day of Judgment, 1805. Pen and gray and black inks and watercolor, with scraping, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board.
Pen and gray and black inks and watercolor, with scraping, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board · 27.4 × 22.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Day of Judgment
- Artist
- William Blake English, 1757-1827
- Date
- 1805
- Medium
- Pen and gray and black inks and watercolor, with scraping, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board
- Dimensions
- 27.4 × 22.2 cm (10 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Margaret Day Blake and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1757–1827
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.