File:Blake ancient of days.jpg

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DescriptionBlake ancient of days.jpg	English: Ancient of Days — Etching / Watercolour by William Blake Size: 23.3 x 16.8 cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8 inch) Location: British Museum, London (THIS IS NOT a copy held by Whitworth Institute, Manchester, but sourced from the British Museum – Dmitrismirnov, talk, 11 July 2013)
Date	1794
Source	http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/blake/ancient.jpg http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/blake/ancient.jpg.html
Author	William Blake (1757–1827)     Description British poet, painter and printmaker Date of birth/death 28 November 1757 12 August 1827 Location of birth/death London London Work location London Authority control VIAF: 54144439 LCCN: n78095331 GND: 118511513 BnF: cb118922028 ULAN: 500012489 ISNI: 000000012096135X WorldCat WP-Person
Permission (Reusing this file)	Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Other versions	Preferred New Version Copy D, British Museum Mirrored Background Version

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Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here:

* 00:45, 11 April 2004 [[:en:User:The Anome|The Anome]] 767×1092 (159,487 bytes)
(William Blake's etching/watercolour "Ancient of Days", public domain, from http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/blake/ancient.jpg)

According to the British Museum website (www.britishmuseum.org ... the ancient of days), the copy they have of The Ancient of Days is a drawing, not an etching with watercolour. They also state that it is not considered to be a work by William Blake

The Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester, UK, do claim to have the etching / watercolour as part of their collection:

• www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

• www.britishmuseum.org/.../search(william+blake)