Adam and the Beasts, Frontispiece to Hayley's "Ballads"
William Blake|William Hayley
June 1, 1802
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 7 5/16 x 6 in. (18.5 x 15.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Accession Number
2007.49.378
Tags
LionsPeacocksRoostersHorsesAdam
About the Artist
William Blake|William Hayley · 1757–1827
William Blake (1757–1827) stands as one of the most visionary and unconventional artists in British history, a poet-painter-printmaker whose mystical imagination and radical vision profoundly shaped the Romantic movement. Born in London's Soho district, Blake experienced visions from childhood—claiming to see angels in trees at age eight—and these spiritual encounters would guide his art throughou...