William Blake, 1808, published 1813

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series Title

Robert Blair's "The Grave, A Poem": Frontispiece

Medium

etching on India paper [proof]

Dimensions

plate: 37.2 × 26.2 cm (14 5/8 × 10 5/16 in.)

sheet: 43.5 × 31 cm (17 1/8 × 12 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Le Blanc 1854 - 1888, undesc.

Accession Number

2016.175.7

Artists / Makers

Luigi Schiavonetti (artist) Italian, 1765 - 1810

Thomas Phillips (artist after) British, 1770 - 1845

Robert Hartley Cromek (publisher) British, 1771 - 1812

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Painted by T. Phillips RA; lower right in plate: Engraved by L Schiavonetti VA; lower center in plate: William Blake / London, Published by R. H. Cromek, 64, Newman St. May 1st 1808

Provenance

Dawson Turner, London; (his sale, London, 16 May 1859, part of lot 1370) (dealer notes). (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Mendez, Christopher

Bibliography

1854: Le Blanc, Charles. Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: undesc