Sketch for "The Thought of Death alone, the Fear Destroys"
William Blake (British, 1757–1827) · c. 1795 · graphite on paper
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About this picture
Sketch for "The Thought of Death alone, the Fear Destroys" is a CC0 drawing by William Blake (British, 1757–1827), dated c. 1795. Graphite on paper. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“Sketch for "The Thought of Death alone, the Fear Destroys"” (c. 1795) belongs with Blake’s printed visions. He usually etched the plate himself and often printed it in small numbers for his own books.
About the artist
William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet and printmaker. In his illuminated books he wrote the text and etched the pictures himself. The images are visions, not records of a place.
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