"THE OWL THAT CALLS UPON THE NIGHT SPEAKS THE UNBELIEVER'S FRIGHT" from The Auguries of Innocence by William Blake

1959

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: Block: 6 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (16.5 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (22.5 × 27 cm)
Collection no.: 2002.397.41
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

"THE OWL THAT CALLS UPON THE NIGHT SPEAKS THE UNBELIEVER'S FRIGHT" from The Auguries of Innocence by William Blake — Leonard Baskin. 1959.

Medium: Wood engraving. Dimensions: Block: 6 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (16.5 × 16.2 cm) Sheet: 8 7/8 × 10 5/8 in. (22.5 × 27 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Armand J. Fred Ferretti and Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, 2002.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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