The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life, Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765-1810, Italian, after William Blake, 1757-1827, British, Text by Robert Blair, 1699-1746, British, Published by Rudolf Ackermann, 1764-1834, British, 1808, published 1813, Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 inches (28.9 × 38.1 cm), Plate: 8 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (21.3 × 26.7 cm), and Image: 6 1/4 × 9 inches (15.9 × 22.9 cm), bed, body, death, departure, fear, gowns, lake, life, literary theme, longing, man, mountains, religious and mythological subject, soul, window, woman