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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Attributed (British, 1810-1844)
Former (British, 1757 - 1827)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumpen and wash
Dimensions4 3/4 x 5 in. (12.1 x 12.7 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".
InscribedInscribed in lower left in pencil: W. Blake / 1779 [false signature] Inscribed on verso in pencil: William Blake 1797
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
Not on view
Object number000.96
Terms
    Unknown, British
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.100
    Acis and Galatea
    Henry Pierce Bone
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.95
    Design for America
    Unknown, British
    n.d.
    Object number: 000.97
    Studies of Heads and Nude Figures
    Theodore Von Holst
    n.d.
    Object number: 91.282.3
    Lovers
    Theodore Von Holst
    n.d.
    Object number: 91.282.1
    J G Brine
    Theodore Von Holst
    n.d.
    Object number: 67.31
    Francesco Sanguinetti
    Theodore Von Holst
    n.d.
    Object number: 67.32
    Figure Studies
    Theodore Von Holst
    n.d.
    Object number: 72.20
    Undine Leaving the Fisherman's Hut
    Theodore Von Holst
    n.d.
    Object number: 63.2
    Dream of Marguerite
    Theodore Von Holst
    1833
    Object number: 77.27