Amérique, une prophétie Planche 06
1793
William Blake's wild imagination runs free in this plate from his prophetic book *America*. A green dragon soars through a blood-red sky above dark, churning clouds, while a pale figure dives dramatically from the left. Down below, figures huddle on a rocky shore, trembling as the text notes the 'King of England looking westward trembles at the Vision.' Blake created these 'illuminated prints' by etching text and images onto copper plates, then hand-coloring each copy with watercolors, making every version a unique masterpiece of the Romantic era.
- Technique
- Relief etching with hand-coloring
- Material
- Paper
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