For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise by William Blake Accessories Alchemical Practice of Zine Making

Alchemical Practice of Zine Making

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For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise by William Blake Accessories Alchemical Practice of Zine MakingComposed 1793, revised c. 1818 Line engraving and etching. In 1793 William Blake produced eighteen small engravings, which he called For Children: The Gates of Paradise, a series of emblems drawn from the large number of designs in Blakes Notebook. Blake arranged them according to the life of man from birth to death, and while these emblems have a great deal in common with childrens books of the time, they are in fact extremely complex in thought and