The Triumphs of Temper

1803

William Hayley (author) and William Blake, after Mary Ann Flaxman

Associated Names
William Hayley

Author, British, 1745 - 1820

William Blake

Artist, British, 1757 - 1827

Cadell & Davies

Publisher

Mary Ann Flaxman

Artist After, British, 1768 - 1833

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 6 etchings with engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • 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

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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)


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