For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 8, 'At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell', Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, 1826, Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Spine: 13 3/4 inches ( cm), Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (34 x cm), and Plate: 2 3/8 x 2 inches (6 x cm), angel, baby, children, clouds, egg, infant, literary theme, religious and mythological subject, wings

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