- Title:
- A Poison Tree (Plate 41)
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
- Date:
- 1794
- Materials & Techniques:
- Color-printed relief etching, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm), Plate: 4 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches (11.1 x 7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "27"; in graphite, lower center: "41"
Lettered inside image: "A POISON TREE. | I was angry with my friend; | I told my wrath, my wrath did end. | I was angry with my foe; | I told it not, my wrath did grow. | And I waterd it in fears, | Night & morning with my tears; | And I sunned it with my smiles, | And with soft deceitful wiles. | And it grew both day and night. | Till it bore an apple bright, | And my foe beheld it shine, | And he knew that it was mine. | And into my garden stole, | When the night had veild the pole; | In the morning glad I see; | My foe outstretched beneath the tree |
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1572
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- branches | dead | historical subject | men | nudes | text | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2518
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