Accession number
PML 9948
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Published
Lambeth : Printed by W. Blake, 1794.
Credit line
Purchase; 1906.
Notes
An early design for the title page (9948.12), printed in black, is heavily reworked in pencil and black ink.
Copy b (Bentley).
For a description of the collection and extended provenance, see Bentley, p. 131 ff.
From a collection of early engravings, proofs, drawings, and letters, possibly bound during the artist's lifetime.
Prints as follows (Bentley plate numbers): 9948.8 (pl. 11,17)--9948.9 (pl 9,17)--9948.10 (pl. 16,17)--9948.14 (pl. 4,5)--9948.15 (pl. 4,9)--9948.17 (pl. 15, printed in reddish brown)--9948.12 (title page; Jerusalem, pl. 74 printed in orange on verso).
Copy b (Bentley).
For a description of the collection and extended provenance, see Bentley, p. 131 ff.
From a collection of early engravings, proofs, drawings, and letters, possibly bound during the artist's lifetime.
Prints as follows (Bentley plate numbers): 9948.8 (pl. 11,17)--9948.9 (pl 9,17)--9948.10 (pl. 16,17)--9948.14 (pl. 4,5)--9948.15 (pl. 4,9)--9948.17 (pl. 15, printed in reddish brown)--9948.12 (title page; Jerusalem, pl. 74 printed in orange on verso).
Description
12 plates printed on 7 leaves : ill.
Provenance
From the Henry White collection (Sotheby, 22 April, 1902).
Binding
Matted, in case. Previously in 1/4 brown morocco case lettered: "William Blake. Book of Thel, etc." Disbound in 1931.
Classification
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