PrintsBritish18th-19th century

"Then a spirit passed before my face,"

18th-19th century

Artists

William BlakeArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

British

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequst; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

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