Queen Katherine's dream

Blake, William (1757-1827)


Item type:
drawing
Date of creation:
1825
Height:
41.0 cm  (16 1/8 in.)
Width:
34.3 cm  (13 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
pen and ink with watercolor heightened with white and gold over graphite

    Item location

  • National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
    Rosenwald collection[Museum inv. no.: 1943.3.9129]

Description

Illustration for Shakespeare Henry VIII, act 3, scene 2. Includes about twenty-five angels, ten of whom are playing three lyres, three harps, lute, tambourine, straight trumpet, and double straight trumpet.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]
Harp [3285]
Lute [3394]
Tambourine [2746]
End-blown trumpet [6556]
End-blown trumpet [6556]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

158