The Ancient of Days, by William Blake

An image of The Ancient of Days. Frontispiece to 'Europe A Prophecy'. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Relief etching, colour printing, hand colouring, watercolour, pen and red ink, touched with gold, on paper, 1794-1821. Production Note: The title-page is dated 1794 but the water-marks in the paper show that this copy was not executed before 1820-1821. Framing line in red around the plate.

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The Ancient of Days. Frontispiece to 'Europe A Prophecy'. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Relief etching, colour printing, hand colouring, watercolour, pen and red ink, touched with gold, on paper, 1794-1821. Production Note: The title-page is dated 1794 but the water-marks in the paper show that this copy was not executed before 1820-1821. Framing line in red around the plate.

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Accession Number: P.127-1950(19)
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 767 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 815.23kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:08:13 14:11:38

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