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Night Thoughts, page 31: 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours', William Blake

Night Thoughts, page 31: 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours'

'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31) (museum title)

William Blake (British) (1757-1827)

Movement
Romanticism
Date
1797
Medium
Etching, engraving and letterpress, hand-colored with watercolor
Dimensions
41 × 32.4 cm
Collection
Yale Center for British Art, United States
Rights
Public domain
Photograph
Yale Center for British Art, CC0

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