Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "Infant Joy | I have no name | I am but two days old. -- | What shall I call thee? | I happy am | Joy is my name, -- | Sweet joy befall thee! | Pretty joy! | Sweet joy but two days old. | Sweet joy I call thee; | Thou dost smile. | I sing the while | Sweet joy befall thee."; Lettered on verso, inside image: "The Shepherd. | How sweet is the Shepherds sweet lot! | From the morn to the evening he strays; | He shall follow his sheep all the day | And his tongue shall be filled with praise. | For he hears the lambs innocent call. | And he hears the ewes tender reply. | He is watchful while they are in peace. | For they know when their Shepherd is nigh."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.12(9)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
angel | religious and mythological subject | literary theme | leaf | branches | wings | birds | sheep | grazing | flowers (plants) | vines | trees | hills | text | crook, shepherd's | children | mother | child | infant | baby | boy | shepherd | men | women | stem | staff (walking stick)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)