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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8, 1793
- Title:
At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1793
- Medium:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm), Sheet: 5 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (13.7 x 11.4 cm), Plate: 2 3/8 x 2 inches (6 x 5.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper center: "7"
Lettered below image: "At length for hatching ripe | he breaks the shell | 6 | Publishd by WBlake 17 May 1793"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1491
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | baby | children | clouds | eggs | historical subject | infant | text | wings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2420
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