Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 9, "Alas!", 1826
- Title:
- For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 9, "Alas!"
- Date:
- 1826
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm), Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (34 x 23.8 cm), Plate: 3 x 1 7/8 inches (7.6 x 4.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite lower center: "7. One dies! Alas! the living and dead! | One is slain! and one is fled! | Blake's 'Key'."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.6(9)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bushes | children | grass | hat | leaf | literary theme | men | nudes | religious and mythological subject | text | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3945
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