Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Title:
William Blake's watercolour inventions in illustration of The grave by Robert Blair / edited with essays and commentary by Martin Butlin and an essay on the poem by Morton D. Paley.
Alternate Title(s):
William Blake watercolour inventions in illustration of Blair's The grave
Published / Created:
Lavenham, Suffolk : The William Blake Trust, 2009.
Physical Description:
95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 39 cm. + 1 portfolio ([19] leaves of plates : all col. ill. ; 35 cm.)
Holdings:
Reference Library
NJ18.B57 A15 G7 2009 (LC) Oversize

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 2010 Folio 80: No. XVII.

BAC,REF copy wanting: 1 portfolio ([19] leaves of plates : all col. ill. ; 35 cm

"186 copies of this book have been printed for sale: of which 36 copies, numbered i-xxxvi, are quarter-bound in calf to accompany a replica of the original portfolio containing the 19 now dispersed 'Designs for Blair's Grave' reproduced in facsimile and mounted as the originals. Copies numbered 1-150 are for sale alone"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 70).

Issued in double slipcase (40 cm.).
Subject Terms:
Blake, William, 1757–1827. | Blair, Robert, 1699–1746. Grave -- Illustrations.
Contributors:
Butlin, Martin. | Paley, Morton D. | Blair, Robert, 1699–1746. Grave. | William Blake Trust.