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Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian, The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death, 1808, published 1813
- Title:
The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1808, published 1813
- Medium:
- Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm), Plate: 11 × 6 1/2 inches (27.9 × 16.5 cm), Image: 9 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (24.1 × 13.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered lower left: "Drawn by W.Blake"; lower right: "Engraved by L.Schiavonetti"; lower center: "The descent of Man into the Vale of Death | ... Tis here all meet! | London, Published Mar. 1. 1813, by R. Ackermann 101 Strand"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1974.8.3
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cave | children | crutches | damned souls | death | descending | fear | landscape | men | mothers | path | religious and mythological subject | rocks | staff | stairs | suffering | valleys (landforms) | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23393
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