# Elisha in the Chamber on the Wall [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BLAKE, William]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Sepia wash over pencil, 243 x 210 mm ## Commentary Elisha in the Chamber on the Wall c. 1820 Sepia wash over pencil, 243 x 210 mm Tate Gallery, London Among Blake's metaphors for creative vision was the Old Testament prophet Elisha, foretelling her future son to the Shunammite woman who had given him a room for his meditations. There can be little doubt that Blake's bearded seer in his chamber was a more revealing record of himself and his art than a literal portrayal of his features could ever be. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve Sleeping]() - [Albion, Symbolic Figure]() - [Christ as the Redeemer of Man]() - [Elohim Creating Adam]() - [Hecate or the Three Fates]() - [Isaac Newton]() - [Job and his Daughters]() - [Job Confessing his Presumption to God who Answers from the Whirlwind]() - [Lear Grasping a Sword]() - [Los Entering the Grave]() - [Los]() - [Nebuchadnezzar]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()