'The Ancient of Days', 1793. Artist: William Blake

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'The Ancient of Days', 1793. From Europe a Prophecy by William Blake (1757-1827). Urizen measuring out the material world; an allegory of the French Revolution, the second of Blake's Continental Prophecies where, along with America a Prophecy, he gives his response to the various revolutions of his day.

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