The Man Who Taught Blake Painting in his Dreams after William Blake c1825 attributed to Linnell contrast

after William Blake The Man Who Taught Blake Painting in his Dreams (after William Blake) c1825 replica attributed to John Linnell contrast increased
Artist
Attributed to John Linnell (1792‑1882)
Title
The Man Who Taught Blake Painting in his Dreams (after William Blake)
Datec.1825
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 260 x 206 mm
Collection
Tate
AcquisitionBequeathed by Miss Alice G.E. Carthew 1940
Reference
N05186
View this artwork by appointment, at Tate Britain's Prints and Drawings Rooms
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Display caption
This is a replica of one of Blake's drawings of figures that appeared to him in visions.
It has also been proposed that Blake's image might be a 'visionary self-portrait', showing the artist himself at the moment of the inspiration. The strange form
on the forehead may represent flames
of inspiration. This idea of inspiration, particularly divine inspiration, is central
to the Romantic imagination that Herbert Read saw as the ancestor of Surrealism.
It also anticipates the Surrealists' interest

in dream imagery.English: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/linnell-the-man-who-taught-blake-painting-in-his-dreams-after-william-blake-n05186