New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Allegory

Artist William Blake (English, 1757-1827)

CultureEnglish

Date1757-1827

MediumPencil on tracing paper

DimensionsOverall: 15 9/16 x 11 1/2 in. (39.5 x 29.2 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)

InscribedCircled "D.F.P." stamped in blue on back. Written on pencil on backing paper: "Blake-Pencil/Parsons 1925/P.76".

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number50.48.28

Not on view

DescriptionPencil on tracing paper drawing of St. Michael binding the dragon.

ProvenanceDan Fellows Platt, Englewood, N.J., d. 1938; Mrs. Platt,1938-50; Chrysler Museum Purchase, 1950 Published ReferencesSPARK'S CATALOGUE, #38, price $450. OLD MASTER DRAWINGS, Nov. 1950, #109.