Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul
Artwork Details
- Title: Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul
- Series/Portfolio: Songs of Innocence and Experience (copy Y), plates 1-54
- Artist: William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Date: [1789–94] printed ca. 1825
- Medium: Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor, ink and shell gold
- Dimensions: Each plate approx: 4 7/16 × 2 13/16 in. (11.2 × 7.1 cm)
Each sheet approx: 6 3/16 x 5 9/16 in. (15.7 x 14.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.10.1–54
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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William Blake (American, active New York 1841–50)
1841–50
Written, designed and etched by William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
1885, facsimile of 1790
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
1904
William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
1965
After William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
March 1, 1813
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