Preludium by William Blake (1794)

Hand-colored page by William Blake showing a female figure with a staff beside a crouching man at a cave, with text below.

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A hand-colored relief etching titled Preludium by William Blake, dated 1794, shows a gaunt female figure with a staff and bundle standing beside a crouching bearded man at a cave mouth. Below the illustration is lines of handwritten text in blue ink, with decorative serpents, a winged face, and a small inverted figure in the margins.

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1794

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