Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Songs of Innocence and Experience (copy Y), plates 1-54
Artist: William Blake
Artist bio: British, London 1757–1827 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: British
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
Accession year: 1917