print;
portfolio
- Museum number
- 1981,1003.42.1-16
- Description
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Modern edition of William Blake's wood-engravings illustrating his collection of poems 'Songs of Innocence and Experience', produced from electrotype plates borrowed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, produced by printing and painting methods used by Blake, on hand-made paper; hand-colouring in watercolours copied from set 'B' of Blake's original prints at the British Museum; 2/75. Accompanied by booklet 'The Art of William Blake's Illuminated Prints' by Joseph Viscomi, Manchester Etching Workshop, 1983, 25 pages.
Hand-bound brown portfolio with gold tooling, featuring of Blake's title-page design on the covers; boxed.
- Production date
- 1983
- Dimensions
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Height: 272 millimetres (box)
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Width: 228 millimetres (box)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Songs of Innocence and Experience
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Associated Title: The Art of William Blake's Illuminated Prints
- Acquisition date
- 1981
- Acquisition notes
- Given by Paul Ritchie
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1981,1003.42.1-16