Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "SONGS | of | Innocence | 1789 | The Author & Printer W Blake"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.12(2)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
book | children | mother | women | reading | text | fruit | tree | vine | seated | bird | literary theme
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)

The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)

The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3706