William BlakeBritish, 1757–1827"Help! Help!" (Plate 12)
Can I see it?
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Where is “"Help! Help!" (Plate 12)” now? Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. Whether it is on view today is unknown.
New Haven, United States
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- B1992.8.6(12)
In the catalog
Sources
- Yale Center for British Art
- Image: Yale Center for British Art — Digital Image: Yale Center for British Art
In the life of William Blake
The whole lifeby the time of death (1827)
Fewer than thirty copies of the “Songs” sold
At the time of his death Blake had sold fewer than 30 copies of “Songs of Innocence and of Experience”: he was largely unrecognised during his life.
12 August 1827
His last day: a portrait of Catherine and hymns
On 12 August 1827 Blake worked relentlessly on his Dante series until the end; then, it is reported, he asked his weeping wife to stay as she was and drew her portrait (“you have ever been an angel to me”; the portrait is lost), began to sing hymns and verses, and at six that evening, after promising her that he would be with her always, died.
12 August 1827
Died
