It looks like the museum’s department of prints took out the work just for his viewing and also gave him a tear sheet to take notes on. How I wish I was the curator or special collections assistant helping him do research.
miapatagonia said this on February 2, 2015 at 7:02 pm | Reply

He’s also there when the museum is closed to the public (Mondays) so they opened the collection just for him and maybe other scholars who need to do intensive research. How cool is that!
miapatagonia said this on February 2, 2015 at 7:06 pm | Reply

That IS super cool.
I bet they didn’t let him try chewing it though.

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Artist: William Blake, British, 1757-1827
Medium: Black ink and watercolor over traces of graphite and incised lines
Place Made: 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) (show scale)
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."
Collections:European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 15.368
Credit Line: Gift of William Augustus White
Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
Caption: William Blake (British, 1757-1827). The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1-4), ca. 1803-1805. Black ink and watercolor over traces of graphite and incised lines, Image: 17 3/16 x 13 11/16 in. (43.7 x 34.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William Augustus White, 15.368
Image: overall, 15.368_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Record Completeness: Best (89%)