Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Alas! (Plate 9)
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: "7. One dies! Alas! the living and dead! | One is slain! and one is fled! | Blake's 'Key'."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.6(9)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
bushes | literary theme | religious and mythological subject | hat | nudes | leaf | grass | text | trees | children | men
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3945