Text by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, A Descriptive Catalog of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London, 1809
- Title:
- A Descriptive Catalog of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London
- Date:
- 1809
- Materials & Techniques:
- Bound volume, 12mo, full red crushed levant morocco, Jansen style, with gilt edges
- Dimensions:
- Spine: 7 1/2 inches (19.1 cm), Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (18.4 × 10.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Insribed on title page in William Blake's hand in graphite: "At N. 28, Corner of Broad Street, Golden Square"; inscribed correction on page 64 in black ink in Blake's hand: "want of | <of want>"
Ex libris: A. Edward Newton; ex libris: Willis Vickery
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1418
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6523
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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