Accession number
PML 63138
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
Published
[Lambeth] : Printed by Will[ia]m Blake, 1793 [i.e. ca. 1794]
Credit line
Gift; Mrs. Landon K. Thorne; 1972.
Notes
Accompanied by three duplicate plates from another edition (plates i-iii [Bentley nos. 1b-3b]) printed on 2 leaves; pl. iii is on the verso of pl. ii; text and outlines printed in green, with watercolors added by hand. Now cataloged separately as PML 63138 pl. i - pl. iii.
Copy F, one of two known color-printed copies, consisting of eleven plates of the complete edition, with text and outlines in orangish or reddish brown.
Date from Viscomi's essay in Illuminated books.
Plates are mounted in mats of two sizes: 53 x 43 cm or 50 x 38 cm
See Viscomi for details on the color-printing process in Visions.
Copy F, one of two known color-printed copies, consisting of eleven plates of the complete edition, with text and outlines in orangish or reddish brown.
Date from Viscomi's essay in Illuminated books.
Plates are mounted in mats of two sizes: 53 x 43 cm or 50 x 38 cm
See Viscomi for details on the color-printing process in Visions.
Description
[11] leaves : ill. (relief printed etchings, color printing, watercolor) ; approximately 38 x 27 cm +3 pages of plates
Provenance
Formerly owned by Isaac Disraeli and his son Benjamin Disraeli; Bernard Buchanan Macgeorge; Paul Hyde Bonner; Mrs. Landon K. Thorne (in-house files).
Binding
Disbound and matted, untrimmed with stab holes remaining; Disraeli binding retained.
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