William Blake’s frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy, 1794. The figure leans out of the sun to set a compass on the dark - creation as an act of measurement, which Blake meant as criticism rather than praise.
William Blake’s frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy, 1794. The figure leans out of the sun to set a compass on the dark - creation as an act of measurement, which Blake meant as criticism rather than praise.