For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 8, "At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell"
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite lower center: "6. I rent the Veil where the Dead dwell: | When weary Man enters his Cave, | He meets his Saviour in the grave. | Some find a Female Garment there, | And some a Male, woven with care, | Lest the Sexual Garments sweet | Should grow a devouring Winding-sheet. | Blake's 'Key'."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.6(8)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
baby | children | wings | infant | egg | angel | literary theme | religious and mythological subject | clouds