Songs of Innocence: Introduction
[1789] printed ca. 1825
Relief etching printed in orange-brown ink and hand-colored with watercolor and shell gold
15.7 × 14.1 cm (6.2 × 5.6 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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