The Triumphs of Temper
1803
Author, British, 1745 - 1820
Artist, British, 1757 - 1827
Publisher
Artist After, British, 1768 - 1833
William Hayley (author) and William Blake, after Mary Ann Flaxman
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 6 etchings with engraving on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 15.6 × 9.5 cm (6 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
book: 16.5 × 10 × 2 cm (6 1/2 × 3 15/16 × 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1983.103.2
Associated Artworks
See all 6 artworks
Canto III, Verse 201
William Blake, William Blake, Cadell & Davies
1803
Canto IV, Verse 294
William Blake, William Blake, Cadell & Davies
1803
Canto I
William Sharp, William Blake
1787
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
John F. Dillon. Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1983 to the National Gallery of Art..
Associated Names
Bibliography
1921
Keynes 1921, 125.
1977
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 471 A (w/ 4 pl. from the sixth ed. (1788)).
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 471 A pl.3.
Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 471 A pl.6.
Inscriptions
in gold-tooled letters on spine of leather binding: TRIUMPHS / OF / TEMPER; on title page: THE / TRIUMPHS OF TEMPER. / A POEM: / IN SIX CANTOS. / BY WILLIAM HAYLEY Esq. / O voi ch'avete gl'intelletti sani / Mirate la dottrina, che si second / Sotto' il velame degli versi strani. / Dante, Inferno, Canto 9. / THE TWELTH EDITION, CORRECTED, / With New Original Designs, / By MARIA FLAXMAN / CHICHESTER: Printed by J. Seagrave; / FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND, / LONDON / 1803
Markings
printed on pink, oval label at upper left on front pastedown: Sold by / J. MAR [label torn] / BOOKSELLER / & STATIONER / upper corner of / Milsom Street / BATH
Watermarks
1801 (title page); 99 (sheets)