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Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title:

For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 14, "Does thy God O Priest take such vengeance as this?"

Date:
1826
Medium:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm), Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (34 x 23.8 cm), Plate: 2 1/2 x 2 3/8 inches (6.4 x 6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite lower center: "12. And in depths of icy dungeons | Closed the Father and the sons. | Blake's 'Key'."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.6(14)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
beard | cell | correctional institution | imprisonment | jail | literary theme | men | nudes | religious and mythological subject | sitting | text
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3931
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