Art, literature & history
Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions
1824-1827
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor
- Dimensions
- overall: 24.6 x 18.9 cm (9 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1961.17.8
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
William Blake. Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions. William Blake; This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art . Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy .. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Blake,_Christian_with_the_Shield_of_Faith,_Taking_Leave_of_His_Companions,_1824-1827,_NGA_46312.jpg. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions — William Blake. 1824-1827.
Medium: graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 24.6 x 18.9 cm (9 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1961.17.8. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.