Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
"My son! my Son!" (Plate 10)
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
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: "8. In vainglory hatcht and nurst, | By double Spectres, self-accurst. | My Son! my Son! Thou treatest me | But as I have instructed thee. | Blake's 'Key'."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.6(10)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
leaf | beard | literary theme | religious and mythological subject | ruins | nudes | spear | text | stones | trees | men
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3927