On Sunday the 28th I visited the Rosenbach Museum and Library.  It was a difficult place to find, hidden around Rittenhouse area between a row of other houses.  Besides the difficulty of finding the museum, the place was incredible.  They had on exhibit the original drawings, sketches and pen/iink and watercolors by Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are."

Unfortunately, no photography was allowed.  The final pieces that are done in watercolor and pen/ink were incredible to see in person.  They have a vast amount of details that are not seen at all in the book reproductions. 

Besides the Sendak pieces, the museum in itself is a rare book and manuscript heaven.  They have first edition rare books of anyone you could think of, manuscripts hand written by James Joyce, the original writings by Bram Stoker for his Dracula novel, among countless other treasures.

Of all the artworks and rarities the museum housed, I specifically went to see a painting by William Blake, a very rare original watercolor and pen/ink piece titled "The Number of the Beast is 666."  The painting is from Blake's The Great Red Dragon series, depicting the Revelations from the Bible.  The set of paintings were created between 1805 and 1810 and show Blake's mastery of watercolor painting.