'Night the Third Narcissa', title-page from the 'Nights' of Edward Young's Night Thoughts, c1797. Artist: William Blake

'Night the Third Narcissa', title-page from the 'Nights' of Edward Young's Night Thoughts, c1797. Artist: William Blake

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'Night the Third Narcissa', title-page from the 'Nights' of Edward Young's Night Thoughts, c1797. In 1795 the bookseller Richard Edwards commissioned Blake to illustrate the nine 'Nights' of Edward Young's Night Thoughts, a popular meditative poem first published in 1742-1745.


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Creator
  1. William Blake, attributed to: British: Artist, painter, printmaker, illustrator, author, poet, publisher, engraver
People Related
  1. Edward Young: British; English: Poet, theologian, philosopher

Medium
  1. Engraving

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Society & Culture Art & Literature


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3593x4882
File Size : 51,390kb


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  1. 0510004100
  1. 1-275-707
  1. 1275707

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