Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Iron Age, 1794
- Title:
- Iron Age
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1794
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (19.7 × 25.7 cm), Binding: 10 1/8 inches (25.7 cm), Plate: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (17.5 × 25.1 cm), Image: 5 1/8 × 9 inches (13 × 22.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image, upper right: "18"; lettered inside image, upper left: "IRON AGE"; lettered inside image, upper right: "Then cursed steel & more accursed gold | Gave mischief birth & made that mischief bold. | Ovid. Iron Age"; lettered below image, lower center: "From an original Invention by G: Cumberland: Engd: by W Blake. Publishd as the Act directs. Novr 5: 1794"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1620
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2562
- Export:
- XML
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