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A drawing of a woman with outstretched arms among clouds. Another figure is in the lower left corner.

A drawing of a woman with long blond hair wearing a crown with her arms outstretched. She is in the center of a landscape of clouds and is lit brightly. Her right knee and foot protrude from her long flowing white dress. She gazes upwards and off to the left. An unclothed male figure with dark hair is in the shadows below her. His arms reach up and towards the left. A helmet, chalice and other objects are in the shadows at the bottom of the drawing.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.28
People
William Blake, British (London, England 1757 - 1827 London, England)
Title
The New Jerusalem Descending
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Allegorical Female Figure
Alternate Title: Triumphant Virtue
Alternate Title: A Crowned Woman amid Clouds with a Demon Starting Away
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1785-1790
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294262

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash on off-white laid paper, laid down
Dimensions
13.3 x 11.4 cm (5 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Aimée and Rosamond Lamb
Accession Year
1993
Object Number
1993.28
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Martin Butlin, The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1981), no. 92, pl. 102
  • [Reproduction only], Studies in Romanticism, Boston University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Boston, Winter 2008)., cover ill.

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