Accession number
PML 9948.12, 9948.16, 9948.18,
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver.
Published
[London] : Printed by W. Blake, 1804.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1906.
Notes
Prints as follows (Bentley plate numbers): 9948.16 (pl.28) -- 9948.18 (pl.56) -- 9948.27 (pl.45) - these three plates were once tipped into PML 953.
Prints as follows (Bentley plate numbers) printed on verso of Europe title page: 9948.12 (pl.74).
From a collection of early engravings, proofs, drawings, and letters, possibly bound during the artist's lifetime.
For a description of the collection and extended provenance, see Bentley, p. 130 ff.
Prints as follows (Bentley plate numbers) printed on verso of Europe title page: 9948.12 (pl.74).
From a collection of early engravings, proofs, drawings, and letters, possibly bound during the artist's lifetime.
For a description of the collection and extended provenance, see Bentley, p. 130 ff.
Description
[4 plates] : relief etchings.
Provenance
Robert Arthington (sale Sotheby's 17 May 1866, lot 24) to Pickering; Christie's 1 June 1887, lot 258 to Henry White (later his sale Sotheby's 21 April 1902, lot 270) to Roberts; Sotheby's 6 Dec. 1905, lot 921; Sotheby's 15 Dec. 1906, lot 482 to Abbey for Pierpont Morgan.
Binding
Matted, in case. Previously in 1/4 brown morocco case lettered: "William Blake. Book of Thel, etc." Disbound in 1931.
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