Lieder der Unschuld und der Erfahrung, Bentley Copy F Datum 1789 Mittelgroße Reliefarbradierung in grün mit Feder und schwarzer Tinte und Aquarell auf mitteldickem, leicht strukturiertem, cremefarbenem Bütten gedruckt Maße Blatt: 18,4 x 12,1 cm (7 1 / 4 x 4 3 / 4 Zoll) Platte: 4 3 / 8 x 2 5 / 8 Zoll (11,1 x 6,7 cm) Platte (verso): 4 7 / 8 x 3 Zoll (12,4 x 7,6 cm) Einschreibung (en) / Marken / Beschriftung in Graphit, obere Mitte: "9" Kreditlinie Yale Center for British Art, Sammlung Paul Mellon

Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases: a few first copies were printed and illuminated by Blake himself in 1789; five years later, he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. Blake was also a painter before the creation of Songs of Innocence and Experience and had painted such subjects as Oberon, Titania, and Puck dancing with fairies