William Blake

The Last Trumpet (recto); Two studies of a right eye, a profile of an open-mouthed young man, the head of an eagle, and the head of a lion (verso)

1780–85
Recto: pen and gummed carbon black ink and layered gray ink washes with graphite underdrawing and reductive techniques Verso: black chalk
20.5 × 21.2 cm (8.1 × 8.3 in)

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