William Blake Water-Color Drawings

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  • 1957
By Willard, Helen D. (Author), Wick, Peter A. (Editor)
1957. Boston: Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1957.

8vo, (10), (50, including 33 illustrations of the holdings on display), pp. Neat ink notes on half title. Near fine in original colored wrappers.

§ "Nine drawings for Paradise Lost, accompanied by a verse for each one; Eight drawings for the masque, Comus, accompanied by stage directions and script; Seven drawings of characters from Shakespeare's plays; and Nine drawings by the visionary Blake to illuminate his prophecy on the Scriptures." Nicely printed by Meriden Gravure. Bentley, BB, 414: "only cursorily described".

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Title

William Blake Water-Color Drawings

Author

Willard, Helen D. (Author), Wick, Peter A. (Editor)

Condition

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Date

1957


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