Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Suspended Figures above the Visionary Verse
A pale figure leans backwards within a narrow crescent-like form while another reaches upward nearby. A reclining body extends beneath them above the handwritten verse. Blake’s suspended poses turn the upper margin into a space of encounter and visionary movement.
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William Blake. "The Suspended Figures above the Visionary Verse" [editorial title]. In Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion, William Blake. Undated supplied facsimile, undated edition. Source scan leaf 179. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0270-0088
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A facsimile reproduction of William Blake’s illuminated book. Lettering and imagery are preserved together where they form a unified plate.
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William Blake. The Suspended Figures above the Visionary Verse. Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion. Scan leaf 179. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0270-0088