Songs of Innocence
Artwork Details
- Title: Songs of Innocence
- Author: William Blake (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Author: Preface by William Butler Yeats (Irish, Dublin 1865–1939 Roquebrune, France)
- Illustrator: Jacynth Parsons (British, 1911–1992)
- Printer: The London and Norwich Press, Ltd. (Norwich)
- Engraver: Previous owner's bookplate engraved by Edmund Hort New (British, 1871–1931)
- Date: 1927
- Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical reproduction, wood engraving
- Dimensions: 9 15/16 x 7 5/8 x 7/16 in. (25.2 x 19.4 x 1.1 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
- Object Number: 66.540.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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William Blake
1841–50
Multiple artists/makers
1885, facsimile of 1790
Multiple artists/makers
1904
Multiple artists/makers
1965
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March 1, 1813
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