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Acis and Galatea

Attributed (British, 1779-1855)
Former (British, 1757 - 1827)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumwash over pencil
Dimensions15 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (40 x 34.9 cm.)
DescriptionOne of seven drawings apparently among a group of supposed Blake drawings offered in Rosenbach's catalogue 18 of 1916, item 17, with Blake's "Comus" illustrations. The earlier history of these drawings is not known. The group acquired from Rosenbach may have also included Blake's "The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi".
SignedSigned in lower left to the right of the inscription: H. P. Bone [partly rubbed-out]
InscribedInscribed in lower left in ink: W. Blake Signed in lower left to the right of the inscription: H. P. Bone [partly rubbed-out]
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number000.95
Terms
    Unknown, British
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.100
    Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
    Theodore Von Holst
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.96
    Design for America
    Unknown, British
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.97
    Figure from Michelangelo's "Last Judgment"
    William Blake
    1776
    Object number: 000.56
    The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi
    William Blake
    ca. 1826-1827
    Object number: 000.43
    Pestilence
    William Blake
    ca. 1784 or later
    Object number: 82.36
    Organ Grinder, #2
    J. W. Pierce
    n.d.
    Object number: 91.283.18
    A Title Page for "The Grave"
    William Blake
    1806
    Object number: 000.30