Albion's Angel Rose, Europe A Prophecy, by Blake

An image of Albion's Angel rose. Europe A Prophecy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Relief etching, colour printing, hand colouring, pen and ink, gold, watercolour on paper, on paper, height, plate, 233 mm, width, plate, 169 mm; height, sheet, 303 mm, width, sheet, 227 mm, 1794-1821. The title-page is dated 1794 but the water-marks in the paper show that this copy was not executed before 1820-1821. Production Note: Framing line in red around the plate.

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Albion's Angel rose. Europe A Prophecy. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Relief etching, colour printing, hand colouring, pen and ink, gold, watercolour on paper, on paper, height, plate, 233 mm, width, plate, 169 mm; height, sheet, 303 mm, width, sheet, 227 mm, 1794-1821. The title-page is dated 1794 but the water-marks in the paper show that this copy was not executed before 1820-1821. Production Note: Framing line in red around the plate.

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Accession Number: P.127-1950(32)
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 772 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.96MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2014:04:16 15:06:58

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19th Century Albion angels bishop Blake British School colour printing enthroned etching Europe European Fitz_PDP hand coloured handwriting handwritten illustration literature male mitre narrative poem poetry poets print prophecy prophetic Romanticism Urizen verses watercolour William Blake winged wings writing

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