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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Boydell, John, 1720–1804
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Boydell, Josiah, 1752–1817
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Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–1834/35
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Songs of Innocence, Copy G
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
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The Book of Thel, Copy B
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The Book of Thel, Copy R
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18th century
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relief etching
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watercolor
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wove paper
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black ink
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Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton (bap. 1765, d. 1815), social celebrity and artist's model
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Exhibition History
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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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 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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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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
A Dream (Plate 4)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Little Girl Lost (Plate 20)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Shepherd (Plate 4)
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
Infant Joy (Plate 14)
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 Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Lady Hamilton as the Spinster
1789