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The Illustrations of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil

published 1937

Virgil (author) after William Blake

Associated Names

Virgil

Author, Italian, 70 - 19 B.C.

William Blake

Artist After, British, 1757 - 1827

The image depicts an arrangement of vertical, parallel lines interspersed with repeating, irregular dot formations in an abstract pattern.

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Artwork overview

Medium

1 vol: ill: facsimiles of printed pl., 8 proof pl., & pencil designs; insert: portfolio containing aset of prints fr. electrotypes of the woodblocks
Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal
Dimensions

page size: 23.5 x 14.5 cm (9 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

1983.103.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Professor William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA; gift 1983 to the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

O'Neal, William B., Professor

Bibliography

1977

Bentley, G.E., Jr. Blake Books. Oxford, 1977: 510.

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