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William Blake

The Ancient of Days

$10

William Blake

The Ancient of Days, 1794

Color-printed relief and white-line etching with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on paper

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

This card speaks to beginnings and reinvention - ideal for creative leaps, intellectual ambition, or someone stepping into their own authority. A lone figure emerges from radiant light, stooped within storm-dark clouds. With arms extended and compass in hand, he measures the void below - a gesture of control, precision, and design. Blake fuses classical geometry with visionary force, casting creation as both act and symbol.

This artwork is held by the British Museum, London, courtesy of the British Museum Collection.

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