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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18, 1793
- Title:
- I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18
- Part Of:
- 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: 2 5/8 x 2 inches (6.7 x 5.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper center: "17"
Lettered below image: "16 | I have said to the Worm, Thou | art my mother & my sister | Publishd by WBlake 17 May 1793"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1501
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- branches | cane | darkness | dead | historical subject | night | sitting | stick | text
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2430
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