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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 7, "Fire", 1826
- Title:
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 7, "Fire"
- 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: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches (9.8 x 7.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite lower center: "5. Blind in Fire, with Shield and Spear, | Two horn'd reasoning cloven fictions, | In doubt which is self- contradiction, | A dark Hermaphrodite I stood, -- | Rational Truth, root of Evil & Good. | Round me flew the flaming sword; | Round her, snowy Whirlwinds roar'd, | Freezing her Veil, the mundane shell. | Blake's 'Key'."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.6(7)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- fire | flames | literary theme | men | religious and mythological subject | shield | sword | text
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3943
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