Amerika, een profetie (1887) 2
William Blake, a pioneer of Romanticism, invented a unique printing method to combine text and image on the same page. This striking title page for *America a Prophecy*, printed in 1793, captures the revolutionary fervor sweeping the globe. The bold title floats in the clouds above a dramatic scene where a figure collapses over prone bodies, symbolizing the turmoil of the American Revolution. Blake hand-colored these prints himself in his Lambeth home, making every copy a unique masterpiece.
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