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The Book of Thel, plate 4: I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh...", William Blake

The Book of Thel, plate 4: I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..."

I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4) (museum title)

William Blake (British) (1757-1827)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
1789
Medium
Relief etching with watercolor and pen
Dimensions
15.2 × 11.1 cm
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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