The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1-4)

• Artist: William Blake
• Medium: Black ink and watercolor over traces of graphite and incised lines
• Geographical Location: England
• Dates: ca. 1803-1805
• Dimensions: Image: 17 3/16 x 13 11/16 in. (43.7 x 34.8 cm) Sheet (with inlay): 21 11/16 x 17 1/16 in. (55.1 x 43.3 cm)
• Signature: Signed bottom right: Monogram "WB inv"
• Inscriptions: Inscribed above the image: "A Woman clothed with the sun, & the moon under her feet, and/upon her head a crown of twelve stars; and behold a great red dragon also." Inscribed below the image at right: "Revns:ch:12th: v 4th:" Inscribed below the image: "And the tail of the great red dragon drew the third part of the stars of/heaven, and did cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the/woman which was ready to be delivered for to devour her child as soon as it was born."
• Collection: European Art
• Accession Number: 15.368
• Image: 15.368_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,