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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Songs of Innocence, Plate 1, Frontispiece (Bentley 2), 1789
- Title:
Songs of Innocence, Plate 1, Frontispiece (Bentley 2)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1789
- Medium:
- Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm), Plate: 4 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches (11.1 x 7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.12(1)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | boy | children | flute | Horn (Musical instrument) | literary theme | man | pipe | pipes | religious and mythological subject | sheep | shepherd | trees | trumpet | vines
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3694
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