William Blake's World: "A New Heaven Is Begun"
September 11, 2009, through January 3, 2010
Friends and Followers
September 11, 2009, through January 3, 2010
 | John Flaxman (1755–1826) "Awake, arise, rouse her as I rose thee. The Furies" Pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite "Behold this proud oppressor of my country; Choephora" Pen and brown ink over graphite Inscribed at lower center in graphite, Clÿtemnestra and Aegisthus. Gift of Louise Crane in memory of her mother, Mrs. W. Murray Crane; 1975.40:3, 2 Includes multiple works |  | Thomas Stothard (1755–1834) The Lost Apple from Specimens of Polyautography London: Published . . . by P. Andre, [April 1803] Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979; PML 76358.4 |  | Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) Portrait of Martha Hess, ca. 1778–79 Black chalk and stump, heightened with white on light brown paper Purchased as the gift of Mrs. W. Murray Crane; 1954.1 |  | Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) Psychostasy (The Weighing of Souls), 1800 Pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, with blue watercolor, over traces of graphite Inscribed at upper right corner in pen and brown ink, Febr. 1800; along with lower margin, PSYCHOSTASIA; perne stratarchou Aidiopon athobon—Memnona Chalkoaran. Gift of Louise Crane in memory of her mother, Mrs. W. Murray Crane; 1974.44 |  | Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) Pear Tree in a Walled Garden, ca. 1829 Watercolor and tempera, over preliminary drawing in brush and gray wash with traces of graphite on gray paper The Thaw Collection, Pierpont Morgan Library; 1980.37 |  | Francis Oliver Finch (1802–1862) The Dell of Comus, ca. 1835 Watercolor with gum arabic and scratching out Purchased on the Ryskamp Fund; 2003.48 |  | George Richmond (1809–1896) A Wooded Landscape with a Cottage, ca. 1820s Pen and brown ink, heightened with white, over graphite, on blue paper Purchased on the Ryskamp Fund and on the Edwin H. Herzog Fund; 2000.14 |  | John Linnell (1792–1882) View of Amwell Hill, near Ware, in Hertfordshire, 1814 Watercolor, over graphite on blue paper Signed and dated at lower right in pen and brown ink, Nr Ware Herts J. Linnell 1814. Purchased on the Baker Fund; 1983.6 |