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Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4)
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Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4)

Medium

Etching and engraving

Dimensions

plate: 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (12.4 x 7.3 cm) sheet: 6 7/16 x 3 5/8 in. (16.4 x 9.2 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About William Blake

1757–1827United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandKingdom of Great BritainUnited Kingdom

English poet and printmaker who became one of leading figures of what would later be called Romanticism. His most original work is to be found in his hand-printed books of prophecy and personal mythology, done by a process he called "illuminated printing." Blake was largely forgotten until Rossetti and other Pre-Raphaelites hailed his work as visionary, and by the 20th century his ideas were seen as blueprints for the counterculture ideas of the 1960s. His wife Catherine assisted him in hand-coloring his illuminated prints.