Accession number
PML 77019.12, etc.
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver.
Published
London : Publish'd Novembr. 5, 1802 by J. Johnson, St. Pauls Church-yard, 1802.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of The Thorne Family and Fellows Fund, in memory of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, 1976.
Notes
Six plates engraved by William Blake after others.
Plates appeared in The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper .... by William Hayley (London, J. Johnson, 1803-1804).
From vol. I: "William Cowper, Carmine Nobilem," after Romney (77019.26); and "Mrs. Cowper Mother of the Poet," after D. Heins (77019.12).
From vol. II: "William Cowper Author of "The Task"" after T. Lawrence (77019.69); and several images from "The Task" (77019.58).
From vol. III, imprint: Publish'd by J. Johnson St. Pauls 25 March 1804. "A view of St Edmund's Chapel ..." (77019.70); and "A sketch of the monument ..." (77019.71).
Plates removed from Allan Cunningham's Life of William Blake (Herriman album).
Plates appeared in The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper .... by William Hayley (London, J. Johnson, 1803-1804).
From vol. I: "William Cowper, Carmine Nobilem," after Romney (77019.26); and "Mrs. Cowper Mother of the Poet," after D. Heins (77019.12).
From vol. II: "William Cowper Author of "The Task"" after T. Lawrence (77019.69); and several images from "The Task" (77019.58).
From vol. III, imprint: Publish'd by J. Johnson St. Pauls 25 March 1804. "A view of St Edmund's Chapel ..." (77019.70); and "A sketch of the monument ..." (77019.71).
Plates removed from Allan Cunningham's Life of William Blake (Herriman album).
Description
[6] leaves of plates : engraving ; 27 cm and smaller; inlaid to: 33 cm
Provenance
Possibly Allan Cunningham (letters once laid in are addressed to him); William H. Herriman (bookplate); purchased from the American Academy in Rome.
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