Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite lower center: "1. My eternal Man set in repose, | The Female from his darkness rose; | And she found me beneath a Tree | A Mandrake, and in her Veil hid me. | Serpent reasonings us entice, | Of Good and Evil, Virtue, Vice. | Blake's 'Key'."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.6(3)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | religious and mythological subject | text | leaf | trees | children | mother | women