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The Whirlwind of Lovers, Plate I

William Blake1826 (restrike printed later)

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: The Whirlwind of Lovers, Plate I
  • Creator: William Blake
  • Date Created: 1826 (restrike printed later)
  • Subject Keywords: literature (writings), love, lovers, nudes, restrikes
  • Print State: Third state
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Anonymous gift, 1973
  • Materials & Techniques: Engraving on linen-fiber paper. Watermark: Unbleached Arnold
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Restrike from plate in the Rosenwald collection at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Illustration to Dante’s Inferno.
  • Dimensions: 1827
  • Bibliography: Binyon 127, The Engraved Designs of William Blake, National Gallery of Art; Smithsonian Institution, The Art of William Blake, Bi-Centennial Exhibition October 18 – December 1, 1957, p. 45
  • Associated People: Created by William Blake (British (English), 1757-1827)
  • Accession Number: 1973.20.5.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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