America a Prophecy, plate 12: "Thus wept the Angel voice & as he wept the terrible blasts...", William Blake

America a Prophecy, plate 12: "Thus wept the Angel voice & as he wept the terrible blasts..."

"Thus wept the Angel voice & as he wept the terrible blasts..." (Plate 12) (museum title)

William Blake (British) (1757-1827)

Movement: Romanticism
Date: 1793
Medium: Relief etching with watercolor and pen
Dimensions: 23.5 × 17.1 cm
Collection: Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights: Public domain
Photograph: Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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