FILTER RESULTS × Close
Skip to Content ☰ Open Filter >>

William Blake


Image: A Poison Tree

Photo Credit: photo: T. Rodriguez
View
Zoomable Image

Bookmark (persistent url): https://dac-collection.wesleyan.edu/objects-1/info/2655

A Poison Tree

1794
18th century
113 x 70 mm (4.4 x 2.8 in.)

William Blake, British (English), (1757–1827)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Relief etching printed in black ink on J. Whatman (1831?) paper
Print impression quality: Good
Series: from Songs of Experience
Edition: Edition printed ca. 1831, published 1831; probably from a book broken up by Weyhe Gallery, New York, ca. 1931 according to G. E. Bently, Blake Books, 1977, pp. 370, 429
Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Charles Eliot Norton
Bibliography: Binyon 228; for relief etching, see Binyon pp. 9–16.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1937
Accession Number: 1937.D1.91

Keywords Click a term to view the records with the same keyword
This object has the following keywords:
  • death
  • nudes - Representations of unclothed human figures. [February 1998 related term added, "nudity"; alternate descriptor changed, was "nude". September 1990 descriptor added.]

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 113 x 70 mm (4.4 x 2.8 in.)

DAC Downloadable Open Access Image

Please see the DAC Open Access Images Policy and ReadMe PDF. This policy is similar to the concise No Known Copyright statement at RightsStatements.org.

To download an image, control-click or right-click on a link below, then select "Download," "Save Link," or a similar choice in your web browser.

DAC Open Access Image: JPEG, < 2 MB (Help)

DAC Open Access Image: TIFF, ~20-40 MB (Help)

Please use this image credit line:
Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .

Portfolio List Click a portfolio name to view all the objects in that portfolio
This object is a member of the following portfolios:


Your search criteria: Related to "William Blake" and [Objects]Century is "18th century" and [Objects]Display Artist is "William Blake".

View current selection of records as: