For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 16, "The Traveller hasteth in the Evening"

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 16, "The Traveller hasteth in the Evening", 1826

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title:: For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 16, "The Traveller hasteth in the Evening"
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 1/8 inches (34 x 23.2 cm), Plate: 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 inches (6.7 x 4.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite lower center: "14. Thro' evening shades I haste away | To close the labours of my day. | Blake's 'Key'."
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1992.8.6(16)
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: bushes | coat | hat | hedges | leaf | literary theme | men | religious and mythological subject | staffs (walking sticks) | walking | walking sticks
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Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3933
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