Accession number
PML 77019.32, etc.
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Published
London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for the proprietor, R. H. Cromek ..., 1808
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of The Thorne Family and Fellows Fund, in memory of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, 1976.
Notes
Plate 6: "The soul hovering over the body reluctantly parting with life" (77019.55); Pl. 7: "The Valley of Death." (77019.33); Pl. 9: "The soul exploring the recesses of the grave," (77019.36); Pl. 11: "Death's Door" (77019.32)
All plates are signed "Drawn by W. Blake Etched by L. Schiavonetti" and "London: Published May 1, 1808, by Cadell & Davies, Strand." Davies is misspelled "Davis" on pl. 9 and pl. 11.
All plates with titles but without quotation from text. (Cf. Bentley "proofs", p. 532)
Plate appeared in The Grave by Robert Blair (London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for the proprietor, R.H. Cromek, ..., 1808).
Plates removed from Allan Cunningham's Life of William Blake (Herriman album).
All plates are signed "Drawn by W. Blake Etched by L. Schiavonetti" and "London: Published May 1, 1808, by Cadell & Davies, Strand." Davies is misspelled "Davis" on pl. 9 and pl. 11.
All plates with titles but without quotation from text. (Cf. Bentley "proofs", p. 532)
Plate appeared in The Grave by Robert Blair (London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for the proprietor, R.H. Cromek, ..., 1808).
Plates removed from Allan Cunningham's Life of William Blake (Herriman album).
Description
[4] leaves of plates : etchings ; 33 x 24.5 cm
Provenance
Possibly Allan Cunningham (letters once laid in are addressed to him); William H. Herriman (bookplate); purchased from the American Academy in Rome.
Classification
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