Songs of Experience: The Clod & the Pebble 1794 - 1825

"The Clod & the Pebble" is an illuminated printing from William Blake’s *Songs of Experience*, a collection of poems and illustrations that were published together. This particular artwork dates from 1794 to 1825 and depicts a clod of clay and a pebble, symbolizing contrasting ways of loving. Blake’s illuminated printing, a unique form of art, blends text and illustration in a symbolic and visionary way, making it a distinctive example of Romanticism. This work can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.