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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Songs of Innocence, Copy G
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The Book of Thel, Copy B
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The Book of Thel, Copy R
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relief etching
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Exhibition History
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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William Blake (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
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Caribbean - Crossroads of the World (El Museo del Barrio, 2012-06-12 - 2013-01-06)
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The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel's Motto (Plate 1)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel's Motto (Plate 1)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Little Black Boy (Plate 30)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Nurse's Song (Plate 22)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Spring (Plate 26)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Laughing Song (Plate 28)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Little Girl Found (Plate 6)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Lamb (Plate 8)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Ecchoing Green (Plate 10)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Divine Image (Plate 12)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night (Plate 16)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
On Anothers Sorrow (Plate 24)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)
1789