Art, literature & history
The Day of Judgment
1805
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Pen and gray and black inks and watercolor, with scraping, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board
- Dimensions
- 27.4 × 22.2 cm (10 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2019.139
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
William Blake. The Day of Judgment. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
The Day of Judgment — William Blake. 1805.
Medium: Pen and gray and black inks and watercolor, with scraping, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on tan board. Dimensions: 27.4 × 22.2 cm (10 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.