File:Blake Marriage of Heaven & Hell i p3 detail.jpg

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English: Blake Marriage of Heaven & Hell i p3 detail (1827) Fitzwilliam Museum

Sector CD plate Illustration

To the left a nude female lying supine on a cloud gives birth to a baby that emerges from her vagina. To the right one nude figure lies on a cloud while a second nude figure, male, with short and curly hair, runs past, arms and legs outstretched, and perhaps kisses the first figure. The general positions of the three figures reflect those of the figures on the previous plate, lower left.

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Keywords: female, nude, giving birth, arm raised vertically, lying, supine, long hair, leg extended, legs spread, right foot

A nude female lying supine on a cloud gives birth to a baby that emerges from between her legs. Her right arm is raised vertically above her head and her fully outstretched right leg and foot are visible.


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Keywords: infant, nude, head, arms raised at 135 degrees

A nude female lying supine on a cloud gives birth to a baby that emerges with outstretched arms from between her legs. We see only the infant's head and arms, raised at 135 degrees.

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Keywords: male, nude, short hair, curly hair, running, striding, kissing, arms raised horizontally, left foot, facing away One nude figure lies supine on a cloud or stone while a second nude figure, male, with short and curly hair, runs toward the right with arms and legs outstretched. He perhaps kisses the first figure as he runs past, left foot first. He faces away from the viewer.

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Keywords: nude, lying, supine, legs crossed, arms raised horizontally, right foot

A nude figure, facing forward, lies supine on a cloud, arms raised horizontally, legs to the left and crossed with right foot forward, while another figure runs past, perhaps kissing the first.

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Keywords: cloud

The background is filled with clouds.

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Source http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/comparison.xq?selection=compare&copies=all&bentleynum=B3&copyid=mhh.i&java=no
Author
William Blake  (1757–1827)  wikidata:Q41513 s:en:Author:William Blake q:en:William Blake
 
William Blake
Alternative names
W. Blake; Uil'iam Bleik; Blake
Description English-British painter, poet, theologian, collector, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death 28 November 1757 Edit this at Wikidata 12 August 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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creator QS:P170,Q41513

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