The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life, Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian, after William Blake, 1757–1827, British, Text by Robert Blair, 1699–1746, British, Published by Rudolf Ackermann, 1764–1834, British, 1808, published 1813, Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 inches ( × cm), Plate: 8 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches ( × cm), and Image: 6 1/4 × 9 inches ( × cm), bed, body, death, departure, fear, gowns, lake, life, literary theme, longing, man, mountains, religious and mythological

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