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Night Thoughts, page 72: 'And vapid; sense and reason shew the door', William Blake

Night Thoughts, page 72: 'And vapid; sense and reason shew the door'

'And vapid; sense and reason shew the door' (Page 72) (museum title)

William Blake (British) (1757-1827)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
c. 1797
Medium
Etching, engraving and letterpress, hand-colored with watercolor
Dimensions
40 × 32.7 cm
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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