Frontispiece to Johann Kaspar Lavatar, Aphorisms on Man / William Blake / After Fuseli

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Accession Number: 1985/2.134
Title: Frontispiece to Johann Kaspar Lavatar, Aphorisms on Man
Artist: William Blake
Artist Nationality: British
Artist Life Dates: 1757-1827
Medium and Support: engraving on paper
Object Creation Date: plate 1788
Credit Line: Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
Dimensions: 12.5 cm x 8 cm (4 15/16 in. x 3 1/8 in.)
Century: 18th century
Physical Description: Print of a man sitting and ooking up toward a figure holding an inscribed sign with Greek letters.
Primary Keywords: books; chairs; figures; hourglasses; paper; seated
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 685 x 1105
File Size: 140 KB
Record: 1985/2.134
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.134/1985_2.134.jpg

In public portfolios: Art of the Enlightenment era (157); Chetwynd visit, su 16 - Enlightenment Literary Interiority (156); ECSG Eighteenth-Century Studies Group (114)

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Full citation: "Frontispiece to Johann Kaspar Lavatar, Aphorisms on Man; William Blake; After Fuseli." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1985-sl-2.134/1985_2.134.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.