Accession number
PML 63935
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Published
[London : 1794]
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, 1973.
Notes
Copy F.
This copy probably printed about 1794 according to Viscomi, p. 234.
Rilief and white-line etching, with color printing and hand coloring. Printed on rectos only.
Text printed in dark brown, with added watercolor.
A Song of Liberty: 3 plates at end.
For sales details, see Bentley, Blake Books.
This copy probably printed about 1794 according to Viscomi, p. 234.
Rilief and white-line etching, with color printing and hand coloring. Printed on rectos only.
Text printed in dark brown, with added watercolor.
A Song of Liberty: 3 plates at end.
For sales details, see Bentley, Blake Books.
Description
[27] leaves of plates ; ill. ; 27 cm.
Provenance
Thomas Butts (anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 26 March 1852) to R.M.M; wheat sheaf mark for R.M. Milnes on upper board; sold by his son, the Earl of Crewe, at Sotheby's, 30 March 1903, lot 12, to; F.P. Osmaston (name on fly leaf); withdrawn from Sotheby's sale 3 June 1905, lot 770; sold by Osmaston at Christie's, 5 April 1917, lot 1987 to Stevens & Brown; acquired before 1921 by A. Edward Newton (bookplate); sold posthumously at Parke-Bernet, 16 April 1941, lot 135, to Rosenbach; acquired by Mrs. Landon K. Thorne; Pierpont Morgan Library.
Binding
Light brown morocco; gilt sheaf of Milnes in center.
Classification
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