Accession number
PML 146494.1
Creator
Flaxman, John, 1755-1826.
Published
London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row, R.H. Evans, Pall Mall, W. Miller, Albemarle Street, & I. & A. Arch, Cornhill, March 1, 1805.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Engraved title (preliminary plate).
Captions consist of extracts from the translation of Alexander Pope.
"In 1805, five plates were added to those engraved by Piroli after Flaxman's designs in Rome in 1793 for a new edition of the Iliad designs. Of the new plates, three (nos. 1, 2, and 5) were signed by Blake and two (nos. 14 and 37) by Parker. All the other plates (except for the unsigned title page) have Piroli's name on the engraving, though in 1793 Piroli's name had appeared only on the title page."--Bentley and Nurmi, A Blake bibliography. See their entry (368A) for details of printing of sets from 1805 to 1808.
Plates engraved by William Blake: pl. 1. Homer invoking the muse -- pl. 2. Minerva repressing the fury of Achilles -- pl. 5. Thetis entreating Jupiter to honor Achilles.
Captions consist of extracts from the translation of Alexander Pope.
"In 1805, five plates were added to those engraved by Piroli after Flaxman's designs in Rome in 1793 for a new edition of the Iliad designs. Of the new plates, three (nos. 1, 2, and 5) were signed by Blake and two (nos. 14 and 37) by Parker. All the other plates (except for the unsigned title page) have Piroli's name on the engraving, though in 1793 Piroli's name had appeared only on the title page."--Bentley and Nurmi, A Blake bibliography. See their entry (368A) for details of printing of sets from 1805 to 1808.
Plates engraved by William Blake: pl. 1. Homer invoking the muse -- pl. 2. Minerva repressing the fury of Achilles -- pl. 5. Thetis entreating Jupiter to honor Achilles.
Description
[1], 39 leaves of plates : all ill. (engravings) ; 29 x 44 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Red morocco tooled in gilt, by John Wright.
Classification
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