English: William Blake, Ruth the Dutiful Daughter-in-law, 1803 Southampton Art Gallery

Medium:Watercolour Dimensions: 41 x 34 cm Acquired in:1949 Bequeathed by:Executors of W. Graham Robertson through The Art Fund

Orpah, a slender figure in a pink dress, turns away to the right along a road which winds away into the distance. The work is pale and silvery in tone. This watercolour is part of a collection of works by William Blake belonging to the late Graham Robertson and was included in his sale at Christie's in 1949.