Songs of Experience: Nurses Song 1794 - 1825

"Nurses Song" is an illuminated printing from William Blake's *Songs of Experience* collection. The work, created between 1794-1825, depicts a woman in pink, a young man, and a woman in blue, in a landscape. The piece is part of a collection of 26 illuminated printings. Each plate combines text and illustration to convey a central theme. Blake’s *Songs of Experience* was a companion to his *Songs of Innocence* collection, but explored themes of experience and human fallibility. This illuminated printing is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.