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William Blake, 1757–1827, British, The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence, ca. 1795
- Title:
The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence
- Date:
- ca. 1795
- Medium:
- Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper right: "3 x 2 1/2"; in graphite, verso, lower right: "[...]"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.1.2
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- birds | boys | genre subject | grazing | literary theme | men | sheep | shepherds | staffs | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6143
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