Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

204. On Homer's Poetry [and] On Virgil

One of only six copies, this is one of Blake's late illuminated works. The first brief piece questions the impact of classical culture on morality and the arts. The second addresses the detrimental effect of war on the creative arts in ancient Greece and Rome.

William Blake (1757-1827), On Homer's Poetry [and] On Virgil, (ca. 1822), Copy F, PML 9948.22