'And I saw an angel standing in the sun' (Rev. 19-17)

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HENRY JOHN STOCK (1853-1930)

'And I saw an angel standing in the sun' (Rev. 19-17)

Price Realised GBP 6,300

HENRY JOHN STOCK (1853-1930)
'And I saw an angel standing in the sun' (Rev. 19-17)
signed and dated '1910/ H.J. STOCK' (lower right) and inscribed 'And I saw an angel standing in the sun./ The angel is calling upon the birds/ to come and eat the flesh of kings and captains/ and mighty men/ Rev 19 - 17' (on an old label attached to the backing)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on board
13¹⁄₈ x 9¹⁄₈ in. (33.3 x 23.2 cm.)

Acquired from the artist by Francis P. Osmaston, and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 November 1994, lot 61, where purchased by the present owner.

This lot is offered without reserve.
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Lot Essay

The present drawing was painted in 1910, the year Stock's identification with William Blake reached a climax in his move to Felpham, on the Sussex coast, where Blake had spent the years 1800-03. This drawing is not his most Blakean, although the gesture of the Angel here clearly echoes that of Christ in Michelangelo's Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel; and, as Stock must have known, Michelangelo was a powerful influence on Blake. He was perhaps also aware of Turner's late painting of The Angel standing in the Sun in the Tate Gallery, with its brilliant irridescent colours.