Sabrina's Silvery Flood, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"
William Blake|Virgil|Robert John Thornton · British|Italian|British
Date: 1821
Medium: Wood engraving; second state
Dimensions: block: 1 1/2 x 2 15/16 in. (3.8 x 7.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Themes: Floods
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Date range
1821 – 1821
Largest dimension
7.5 cm
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