Portrait of John Keats [drawing].

Record ID: 
298614
Accession number: 
MA 214.7
Author: 
Severn, Joseph, 1793-1879.
Published: 
[Rome], [1821] Jan. 28.
Credit: 
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description: 
1 drawing.
Notes: 

Penned below in Severn's hand: "28 Jan[uar]y - 3 oclock Mor[nin]g - drawn to keep me awake / a deadly sweat was on him all this night."

Summary: 

A study of British poet John Keats's head in three-quarter profile, while asleep.

Medium: 
Pen and ink on card.
Dimensions: 
5 1/8 x 3 9/16 inches (130 x 91 mm)
Classification: