William Blake, 'When the Almighty was yet with me, When my Children were about me', 1825.
Engraved plate. 218 mm x 171 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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'When the Almighty was yet with me, When my Children were about me', 1825
William Blake (1757 - 1827)
RA Collection: Art
218 mm x 171 mm
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