Death's Door, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair

Death's Door, from "The Grave," a Poem by Robert Blair by William Blake|Robert Blair

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

plate: 9 9/16 x 5 7/16 in. (24.3 x 13.8 cm) sheet: 11 11/16 x 6 9/16 in. (29.7 x 16.7 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Accession Number

17.3.2401

Tags

TombsMenMale Nudes

About the Artist

William Blake|Robert Blair · 17571827

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...

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