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America a Prophecy, plate 3: Preludium. "The shadowy daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc...", William Blake

America a Prophecy, plate 3: Preludium. "The shadowy daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc..."

Preludium. "The shadowy daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc..." (Plate 3) (museum title)

William Blake (British) (1757-1827)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
1793
Medium
Color-printed relief etching with watercolor and pen
Dimensions
23.2 × 16.5 cm
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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