Five Visionary Heads of Women by William Blake, 1757–1827

Five Visionary Heads of Women

William Blake, 1757–1827

1819 to 1820

Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper

Yale Center for British Art

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Five graphite sketches of women's heads are arranged in a cluster. The central head is depicted frontally, while the others are shown in profile or three-quarter view. Faint handwritten text is present in the lower right corner. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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clustered composition overlapping forms varied perspectives heads women portraits drawing monochromatic gray sepia brown contemplative

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