Object types
print (all objects)
Materials
paper (all objects)
Techniques
relief etching (scope note | all objects)
Production person
After Robert Blake (biographical details | all objects)
Print made by William Blake (biographical details | all objects)
Production place
Published in London (scope note | all objects)
Date
1788
Schools /Styles
British (all objects)
Description
Known as "The Approach of Doom"; a group of men and women (perhaps seven of them: five are clearly visible) huddled together at the right of the design; they appear to be standing on a rock or a grassy bank at the edge of the sea; they are lookingly intently to the left, but we cannot see what they see: the rest of the plate is covered with obscure cloudly shapes - including a white streak at the top left which may be accidental. c.1788
Relief etching and white-line etching
Dimensions
Height: 298 millimetres
Width: 210 millimetres
Curator's comments
Experimental relief etching. This is the only known impression of this print. For the related drawing by Robert Blake see reg. no. 1894,0612.16.
Essick gives the print a later date of c.1792 (see Essick 1983).
This plate was later recycled to make two of the plates in "The First Book of Urizen". See curatorial comment in reg. nos.1859,0625.58 and 1859,0625.70.
Acquisition date
1894
Acquisition name
Purchased from Herbert Harlakenden Gilchrist (biographical details | all objects)
Previous owner/ex-collection Anne Gilchrist (probably) (biographical details | all objects)
Exhibition History
2000 Apr-Jun, Helsinki City Art Gallery, 'William Blake'
2000 Sep-Nov, Prague Castle, 'William Blake'
2000/1 Nov-Feb, London, Tate Britain, 'William Blake'
2009 Apr-Jun, Paris, Petit Palais, William Blake
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