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A Cradle Song (second plate)
1789; 1794 {hand-coloured before}
leaf 3 verso from Songs of Innocence
Medium
relief etching printed in green ink, and finished with watercolour
Measurements
10.8 × 6.8 cm (image and plate) 18.9 × 13.6 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1988
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bentley Supplement, 139 Copy X; Erdman 1975, 17; Bindman 1978, 235; Butlin & Gott 39f
Inscription
inscribed in pencil u.r.c.: 17
Accession Number
P122.6-1988
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
cradles (children's beds) foliation (pattern) infants innocence mothers poems text (layout feature)
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)