Caption:
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 47, 'The Angel' (Bentley 41), Print made by William Blake, 17571827, British, 1789 to 1794, Relief etching printed in dark-brown with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 inches (18.1 x 12.7 cm), Plate: 4 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches (11.1 x 7 cm), and Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm), angel, branches, children, coronet (crown), infant, literary theme, nudes, queen (person), religious and mythological subject, serpent, snake, text, trees, vegetation, wings, woman