Little Tom the Sailor, by William Blake

An image of Little Tom the Sailor, by William Hayley, headpiece, text, tailpiece and colophon. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Relief etching, black carbon ink on paper, height 580 mm, width 190 mm, 1800.

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Little Tom the Sailor, by William Hayley, headpiece, text, tailpiece and colophon. Blake, William (British, 1757-1827). Relief etching, black carbon ink on paper, height 580 mm, width 190 mm, 1800.

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Accession Number: P.470-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 871 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 293.12kB

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19th Century Blake boys British School English etching Fitz_PDP illustration ocean poem poetry poets print sailing sailor sea storms stormy stormy sea stormy weather verses William Blake William Hayley young youth

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