Ballads

1805

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

William Hayley

Author, British, 1745 - 1820

Richard Phillips

Publisher, British, active 1803 - 1809

William Hayley (author) and William Blake (artist)

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with text and 5 etchings with engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Lincoln Kirstein

  • Dimensions

    page size: 16.2 × 9.1 cm (6 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
    book: 16.5 × 10.5 × 2 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.17.1

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

in gold tooled letters on spine of half red Morocco binding: BAYLEY'S / BALLADS / 1805; on title page: BALLADS / BY / WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq / FOUNDED ON / ANECDOTES RELATING TO ANIMALS / WITH / PRINTS / DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM BLAKE / Chichester, Printed by J. Seagrave; / FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE-STREET, / BLACKFRIAR, LONDON. / 1805

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