For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 18, "I have said to the Worm . . . ."
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: "16. Thou'rt my Mother, from the womb; | Wife, Sister, Daughter, to the tomb: | Weaving to dreams the Sexual strife | And weeping o'er the Web of Life. | Blake's 'Key'."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.6(18)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sitting | branches | religious and mythological subject | staff (walking stick) | literary theme | dead | cane | darkness | text | stick | night | death