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Source Description
This drawing in ink shows a nude man in Michelangelesque style lying on a jutting ledge of rock, illustrating six lines from the English poet William Collins (1721-1759), written below the drawing, as follows: "Danger, whose form of giant mould / What mortal eye dare, fix'd, behold! / Who stalks his round and hideous Form / Howling admidst the midnight storm; / Or throws him on the ridgy steep / Of some loose hanging rock to Sleep." This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' drawings albums.
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Document identity
localId
28721
label
""Danger""
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
28721
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
""Danger""
description
This drawing in ink shows a nude man in Michelangelesque style lying on a jutting ledge of rock, illustrating six lines from the English poet William Collins (1721-1759), written below the drawing, as follows: "Danger, whose form of giant mould / What mortal eye dare, fix'd, behold! / Who stalks his round and hideous Form / Howling admidst the midnight storm; / Or throws him on the ridgy steep / Of some loose hanging rock to Sleep." This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' drawings albums.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1815
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
drawings (visual works)
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24.4
height
19.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 5/8 x W: 7 11/16 in. (24.4 x 19.5 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signed] Lower left: W. Allston
med
ink on paper
creator_ids
3950
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
2703
2879
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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34bf2a8292356234
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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41743ce4e0b4471c
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no
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no
seq
3
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photo
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1d498bd8e030e9b5
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no
hasDescription
no