The Death of Lucretia, from Allen's "New and Impartial Roman History"
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 5 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. (14.9 x 8.3 cm) sheet: 7 1/8 x 3 13/16 in. (18.1 x 9.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, by exchange, 1940
Accession Number
40.52.117
Tags
About the Artist
William Blake|John Johnson|Charles Allen · 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...