William Blake Painting - The Beast and the Whore Rule Without Control?

Question

Hey there!

For my English class we have to choose a William Blake painting. So after much searching I came up with this one that I really like:


http://www.koausa.org/Paintings/sept95.jpg


However, the only thing I could find as a title/caption was "The Beast and the Whore Rule Without Control." I Googled that and apparently William Blake *wrote* that, but I can't find any evidence that it's one of his paintings.

Does anyone know what this painting is?


Thank you!

Answer 1

Hi! The painting is titled 'Exhortation in Red Ring'

by Kashmiri artist, Veer Munshi.

Born in Srinagar, Kashmir, 1955

BA from Kashmir University in 1976

BFA (Painting) from M.S. University Baroda in 1981

He lives and works in New Delhi, India.

http://ikashmir.net/veermunshi/index.html

http://ikashmir.net/painters/index.html

http://www.letransmuteur.net/2009/03/

http://www.sikhspectrum.com/052003/science.htm

Answer 2

From what I can tell William Blake is just a writer and he did not paint this painting.( The Beast and the Whore Rule Without Control ) is under quite a few different paintings. So Blake was a writer and not a painter. The painting you show was just an artist's representation of that saying or caption that Blake wrote about.

Answer 3

Blake was a poet but also an artist - painter and illustrator - very famous. I have located the image you are looking for probably in the same place as you http://babbazeesbrain.blogspot.com/2008/11/missing-links-little-blakey-around.html

But this is not an illustration or etching by Blake, his style much more distinguished and easy to recognize see http://www.google.co.il/images?hl=en&q=william+blake+art&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=5shzTP_7HZSSjAehkJTgCA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQsAQwAA&biw=1003&bih=543

This picture you chose was probably painted by someone not at all famous connected with the blog where this picture appears. And you are right, they have printed a quotation from one of Blake's poems. The image is not his.

Answer 4

Blake was both a writer and artist. I don't know who did that painting -- obviously not his style -- but if you are looking for Blake images, I suggest that you look through the online Blake Archive. Click on "Enter the Archive" and then on "Works in the Archive" to find material.