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By the Waters of Babylon by William Blake — VisualArtsDB

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By the Waters of Babylon

By the Waters of Babylon

By the Waters of Babylon

1806

Medium: Watercolor, black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 40.3 x 37.7 cm (15 7/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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