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For Children: The Gates of Paradise, plate 17: Death's Door, William Blake

For Children: The Gates of Paradise, plate 17: Death's Door

Death's Door (Plate 17) (museum title)

William Blake (British) (1757-1827)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
1793
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
7.3 × 5.1 cm
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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