- Title:
- The Angel (Plate 40)
- 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 5/8 inches (11.1 x 6.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "26"; in graphite, lower center: "40"
Lettered inside image: "The Angel | I Dreamt a Dream! what can it mean? | And that I was a maiden Queen: | Guarded by an Angel mild; | Witless woe, was ne'er beguil'd! | And I wept bath night and day | And he wip'd my tears away | And I wept both day and night | And hid from him my hearts delight | So he took his wings and fled: | Then the morn blush'd rosy red; | I dried my tears & arm'd my fears, | With ten thousand shields and spears. | Soon my Angel came again; | I was arm'd, he came in vain: | For the time of youth was fled | And grey hairs were on my head"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1571
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | branches | children | historical subject | infant | nudes | serpent | snake | text | trees | vegetation | wings | women
- 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:2245
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