Sujet

Fertilization of Egypt, 1791. Creator: William Blake.

Légende

Fertilization of Egypt, 1791. The dog-headed god Anubis, seen from behind, stands with his legs astride the River Nile. Facing him a gowned, bearded, winged figure hovers over the water, arms outstretched, with a star parting the clouds above, and pyramids in the background. Pl. facing p.127, from "The Botanic Garden" by Erasmus Darwin, [London 1791]

Date

1791

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A45_474

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54.8Mo (11.6Mo) / 32.7cm x 42.0cm / 3859 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

river unusual religious waterfall arts star country fall Egypt religion naked nude art book British geography Nile Egyptian prayer praying deity God location century gesturing Britain print literature concept weird river nile fertilization natural phenomena B&W full length fertility nudity hand gesture full-length engraved engraving nakedness fertilising fertilisation hand Gestures black & white black and white B W Ancient Egyptian the Nile 18th century Ancient Egypt Eighteenth Century Anubis book illustration geographical feature illustration Henry Fuseli engraving Johann Darwin William Blake Erasmus Blake William line engraving Mizraim Erasmus Darwin Fuseli Henry Fuseli Jean-Henri Fuseli Henri Henri Fuseli Henry Fuseli Esq RA Heinrich Fussli Fussli Heinrich Fussli Johann Heinrich Fuessli Heinrich in prayer Johann Heinrich F?ssli F?ssli Heinrich F?ssli Johann Heinrich Royal Academy of Arts Heinrich F?ssli