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Michael Foretelling the Crucifixion to Adam (Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost")

William Blake (English, 1757–1827)
1808

Medium/Technique Pen and watercolor on paper
Dimensions Sheet: 50.2 x 38.1 cm (19 3/4 x 15 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number90.101
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsWatercolors

Catalogue Raisonné Butlin 536 [8]
DescriptionMilton's Paradise Lost XII, 411 sqq.
ProvenanceThomas Butts (1757-1845), England; Thomas Butts, Jr., sold 29 June 1853, Foster's (in 139 with No. 536 4, 9, 11, and 12) £17.66 bt. J.C. Strange; B. Quaritch, Boston, offered catalogue 350 10 August 1883, May 1887, etc. (in 13842 with 32 others; see No. 84) £1,200; acquired 29 April 1890