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Adam and the Beasts, Frontispiece to Hayley's "Ballads"

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

Adam and the Beasts, Frontispiece to Hayley's "Ballads"

William Blake|William Hayley

Date
June 1, 1802
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 7 5/16 x 6 in. (18.5 x 15.2 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
2007.49.378
Credit line
Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

British, London 1757–1827 London|British, 1745–1820

Subjects and terms

  • Lions
  • Peacocks
  • Roosters
  • Horses
  • Adam

The Met object ID 375911. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.