For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 13, "Aged Ignorance"
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: "11. In aged Ignorance profound, | Holy and cold, I clipt the wings | Of all sublunary things: | Blake's 'Key'."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.6(13)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
leaf | beard | children | sun | wings | branches | men | text | scissors | nudes | religious and mythological subject | trees | literary theme | shears | angel