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Commencement Deluge
Purchased 1956
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: birds
animals: fish and aquatic life
animals: reptiles
architecture
astronomy
Bible: Old Testament
bird - non-specific
birth to death
boat - non-specific
cloud
coast
death
destruction
diseases and conditions
drowned
emotions, concepts and ideas
floating
Flood
flood
flower
food and drink
fruit - non-specific
group
groups
hill
landscape
lightning
man
moon
natural phenomena
Noah’s Ark
objects
palm
people
plants and flowers
religion and belief
sea
seascapes and coasts
shark
smoke
snake
society
storm
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
universal concepts
volcano
wave
weather
woman
wooded
painting oil paint canvas
9 June 2015 – 13 September 2015
2015-09-13
9 June 2015 – 13 September 2015
2015-09-13
2015-06-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2015-06-09
Fighting History
Exhibition
29 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
2025-09-30
30 October 2024 – 2 February 2025
2025-02-02
2024-10-30
Reggia di Venaria Reale (Turin, Italy)
1 September 2025 – 31 January 2026
2026-01-31
2025-09-01
Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest, Hungary)
1 March 2026 – 31 August 2026
2026-08-31
2026-03-01
External
2024-10-29
William Blake and the Age of Romantic Fantasy: British Art & Imagination
Loan-out
The Commencement of the Deluge
support: 1270 × 1930 mm
frame: 1482 × 2146 × 86 mm
Purchased 1956
actions: postures and motions adults animals: birds animals: fish and aquatic life animals: reptiles architecture astronomy Bible: Old Testament bird - non-specific birth to death boat - non-specific cloud coast death destruction diseases and conditions drowned emotions, concepts and ideas floating flood Flood flower food and drink fruit - non-specific group groups hill landscape lightning man moon natural phenomena Noah’s Ark objects palm people plants and flowers religion and belief sea seascapes and coasts shark smoke snake society storm townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water universal concepts volcano wave weather woman wooded