Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian, Death's Door, 1808
- Title:
- Death's Door
- 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: 14 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (36.2 × 29.2 cm), Plate: 11 3/4 × 7 inches (29.8 × 17.8 cm), Image: 9 5/8 × 5 1/2 inches (24.4 × 13.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image, upper right: "P.32"; below image, lower left: "Drawn by W. Blake"; lower right: "Etched by L. Schiavonetti"; lower center: "Death's Door | 'Tis but a Night, a long and moonless Night, | We make the Grave our Bed, and then are gone! | London, Published May 1st. 1808. by Cadell & Davis, Strand"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1469
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cane | death | door | genre subject | man | walking-sticks
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2396
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