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print; book-illustration(verso)

Object Type: print; book-illustration (verso)
Museum number: 1867,1012.226
Title: Object: Recto: Venus; Series: Recto: Compositions from the Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod
Description: Proof before lettering; 1 female figure; 2 mermen; and 2 putti, both winged. 1816 Stipple Verso: Proof before lettering of Sculpture, Plate III; illustration to Rees's "The Cyclopaedia" (London, 1802-20); reproductions of 3 sculptures; the finished plate had titles engraved beside each stippled image: "Venus de Medicis", "Apollo Belvedere" and "Laocoon". 1815 Stipple
Producer name: Print made by: William Blake (recto and verso); After: John Flaxman (recto only); Published by: Longman (recto and verso)
School/style
Production date: 1816 (recto); 1815 (verso)
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 250 millimetres (recto); Height: 273 millimetres (verso); Width: 348 millimetres (recto); Width: 225 millimetres (verso)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For an impression of the finished plate for the recto see 1860,0310.1.27. For an impression of the finished plate for the verso see 1930,0129.4. For commentary on "Compositions from the Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod", see 1860,0310.1.2.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Illustration to: Hesiod (recto); Illustration to: Sir Charles Abraham Elton (translator, recto); Illustration to: Dr Abraham Rees (verso)
Associated titles: Associated Title: Theogony (recto); Associated Title: The Cyclopaedia (verso)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1867
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1867,1012.226