Accession number
PML 44733
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Published
[London] : The author and printer W. Blake, [1788]
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, 1952 (PML 44733).
Notes
Contains plates Keynes a.3-9, b.3-4, 11 (PML 44733), a.5-6 (PML 63940.11-12)
PML 44733 received in 1952; PML 63940.11-12 received in 1973.
According to the records, Mrs. [Julia Loomis] Thorne gave 24 (of 28) plates to PML in 1952, 2 to Harvard in 1953 (copy G3), and the remaining plates to PML in 1973; 6 duplicates were sold in 1977 at Sotheby's Park Bernet, 24 May 1977, lot 153.
Relief etched, printed in 3 colors, some plates heightened with watercolor.
The 8 duplicate leaves (separately boxed) comprise: Keynes Series a.1-4 and a.6 and Keynes Series b.3 (2 copies) and b.11.
The Blake Archive's reproduction of Copy G uses pl. a9 from Copy I (PML 63940.1) due to the poor impression of Copy G's pl. a9 and the fact that both plates were printed in the same session.
PML 44733 received in 1952; PML 63940.11-12 received in 1973.
According to the records, Mrs. [Julia Loomis] Thorne gave 24 (of 28) plates to PML in 1952, 2 to Harvard in 1953 (copy G3), and the remaining plates to PML in 1973; 6 duplicates were sold in 1977 at Sotheby's Park Bernet, 24 May 1977, lot 153.
Relief etched, printed in 3 colors, some plates heightened with watercolor.
The 8 duplicate leaves (separately boxed) comprise: Keynes Series a.1-4 and a.6 and Keynes Series b.3 (2 copies) and b.11.
The Blake Archive's reproduction of Copy G uses pl. a9 from Copy I (PML 63940.1) due to the poor impression of Copy G's pl. a9 and the fact that both plates were printed in the same session.
Description
[12], [8] leaves ; 22 cm
Provenance
Frederick Tatham (Sotheby's 29 April 1862, lot 197); Richard Monckton Milnes, then his son, the Earl of Crewe; via Scribner's, 3 July 1952 as the gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne.
Summary
Copy G1 (PML 44733) and G2 (PML 63940.11-12) plus 8 leaves of duplicates.
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