Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian, The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life, 1808
- Title:
- The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1808
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm), Sheet: 11 1/2 × 14 1/4 inches (29.2 × 36.2 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (21.6 × 26.7 cm), Image: 6 3/8 × 9 inches (16.2 × 22.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered aboveimage, upper right: "P16."; below image, lower left: "W.Blake delt."; lower right: "Etched by L.Schiavonetti."; lower center: "The Soul hovering over the Body reluctantly parting with Life. | ... How wishfully she looks | On all she's leaving, now no longer her's! | London, Published May 1. 1808, by Cadell & Davies, Strand"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1464
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bed | death | genre subject | man | mountains | soul | window
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2391
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