Title Page: Visions of the Daughters of Albion (1959)

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Title Page: Visions of the Daughters of Albion (1959)

Student Commentary:

In the title page to Visions of the Daughters of Albion (1959 facsimile), a female figure runs through a dark, stormy sea. The waves part where her feet make contact with the water. This suggests that the female figure is Oothoon, the female protagonist of the poem who “over the waves went.” Above Oothoon is a devil-like figure with a human face and fiery wings. This figure’s mouth is agape and eyes sullen and white. Oothoon looks upon this figure in fear. A rainbow penetrates through a thick layer of clouds to the foreground of the illustration. Several human figures perch atop of the letters of the title “Visions of the Daughters of Albion”.

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William Blake@Union Digital Collection