Frontispiece to Jerusalem, the Emanation of the Great Albion
William Blake
[ca. 1804–20] (?)
Medium
White line engraving, printed in orange ink
Dimensions
sheet: 8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in. (22.5 x 16.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.2978
Tags
Men
About the Artist
William Blake · 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...