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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

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death, nudes*

death
nudes - Representations of unclothed human figures. [February 1998 related term added, "nudity"; alternate descriptor changed, was "nude". September 1990 descriptor added.]

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

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William Blake, British (English), (1757–1827) . A Poison Tree, 1794. From Songs of Experience. Relief etching printed in black ink on J. Whatman (1831?) paper. plate : 113 x 70 mm (4.4 x 2.8 in.). DAC accession number 1937.D1.91. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1937. Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (photo: T. Rodriguez) .

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