Description: You are bidding for an original relief etching by William Blake A CRADLE SONG from SONGS OF INNOCENCE An original relief etching by William Blake, the image measures 120 x 70 mms with margins as published in 1863 As published & printed in a 1863 edition of the Life of William Blake by Anne Gilchrist [ in 2 volumes] which was in a distressed condition and has been removed for framing & display. Sheet has typeface below & on rear Printed in warm cream paper .It is clean condition - see photoIn the 2nd volume of this 1863 publication at the rear are included relief etchings from Songs of Innocence and Experience which are fully described and discussed by none other than Dante Gabriel Rossetti who wrote that these illustrations were printed from William Blake's "original plates, recovered by Mr. Gilchrist, being the only remnant of the series still in existence on copper, the rest having, it is believed, been stolen after Blake's death, and sold for old metal"
Price: 59.95 GBP
Location: High Peak
End Time: 2024-12-16T07:01:16.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15.66 GBP
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Artist: William Blake
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Originality: Original
Size: Small
Custom Bundle: No
Item Length: 5 cm
Region of Origin: United Kingdom
Framing: Unframed
Year of Production: 1863
Item Height: 10 cm
Features: unsigned
Unit Quantity: 1
Handmade: No
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: No
Title: SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
Material: Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Historic
Type: Print
Theme: Art
Production Technique: Relief etching
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Personalise: No
