Classical Combat (recto); Sketch of Male Nude (verso)
William Blake
n.d.
Medium
Pen and black ink over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on tan laid paper
Dimensions
17.2 × 24 cm (6 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112186
About the Artist
William Blake · 1757–1827
William Blake (1757–1827) stands as one of the most visionary and unconventional artists in British history, a poet-painter-printmaker whose mystical imagination and radical vision profoundly shaped the Romantic movement. Born in London's Soho district, Blake experienced visions from childhood—claiming to see angels in trees at age eight—and these spiritual encounters would guide his art throughou...