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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Songs of Innocence, Plate 30, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10), 1789
- Title:
Songs of Innocence, Plate 30, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Songs of Innocence, Plate 31, "The Voice of the Ancient Bard" (Bentley 54)
- 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 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches (10.5 x 6.7 cm), Plate: 4 3/8 x 2 1/2 inches (11.1 x 6.4 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.12(17)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beard | branches | children | crook, shepherd's | harp | kneeling | leaf | literary theme | men | nude | river | shepherd | staff (walking stick) | standing | text | trees | vines | water | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:52500
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David Bindman, The Image of the Black in Western Art : From the " Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition, , vol. 3, part 3, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2010, pp. 9-10, 11, fig. 4, N8217.B535 I42 2010+ (YCBA) Citations are to Vol. 3, Part 3 [YCBA]
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