- Title:
- What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
- Part Of:
Collective Title: For Children: The Gates of Paradise, Copy E
- Date:
- 1793
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm), Sheet: 5 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (13.7 x 11.4 cm), Plate: 3 5/8 x 2 1/2 inches (9.2 x 6.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper center: "1"
Lettered above image: "Frontispiece"; below image: "What is Man! | Publishd by WBlake 17 May 1793"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1484
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baby | botany | branch | caterpillar | children | historical subject | infant | leaf | science | text
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2412
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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