Frontispiece, The Book of Ahania, by William Blake

An image of Frontispiece, The Book of Ahania. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Etching, colour printing, coloured ink on paper, plate height 137 mm, plate width 100 mm; sheet height 283 mm, sheet width 233 mm, 1795. Production Notes: Frontispiece to the unique existing copy kept in the Library of Congress, Washington.

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Frontispiece, The Book of Ahania. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Etching, colour printing, coloured ink on paper, plate height 137 mm, plate width 100 mm; sheet height 283 mm, sheet width 233 mm, 1795. Production Notes: Frontispiece to the unique existing copy kept in the Library of Congress, Washington.

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Accession Number: P.28-1988
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
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Image width: 765 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.17MB

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