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CATALOGUE OF BLAKFS ENGRAVED DESIGNS
ii. Shop-Bill for Moore and Co., Carpet Manufacturers;
A section of the interior of the factory with girls working ou a
Persia and Turkey carpet-loom in the centre, a stocking-frame right,
and three boys at a common carpet-loom left. The manager is prou y
showing a lady round. Above rise two columns. At the base of one
a girl weaves ; two boys, left, roll up carpets. The pillars, swathe
in carpeting, rise into clouds from which in a glory burst the R°Y^
Arms, beneath which, in every variety of lettering, is At Moore &
Co.'s Manufactory and Warehouse of Carpeting and Hosiery, Chigwell
Street, Moorfields, the greatest variety of carpets from the lowest Scotcti,
& Kidderminster, Wilton & Brussels, to the finest Axminster, Turkey
<£ Persia, etc. , -
Below are the names of the looms, as given above, and Blake a.
sc,, and the motto :
Haec tibi Londini tellus dat munera : victa est
Pectine Britannico jam Babylonis acus. v
Vid. Mart. Lib. 14, tp. 150.
(Plate-mark) 13! X iof in,
Russell dates this engraving “ about 1790." It is certainly very
close to the illustrations to Mary Wollstonecraft's stories, descnbea
in the next numbers.
[13-17]. Six illustrations to an edition of Original Stories fromReal Life,
by Mary Wollstonecraft. The stories were first published m i7»»
but Blake's engravings first appeared in the edition of 1791* n t e
edition of 1796 they have been re-worked.
Blake made ten drawings for this little book, though only six were
used. One was engraved on wood for Gilchrist's Life. The who e
set is now in the collection of Mr. A. E. Newton.
i2. Frontispiece.
Mrs. Mason outside the door of her house, with the two young
girls Caroline and Mary on each side of her, about to take am
before breakfast. Above, Frontispiece. Below, Blake d. & sc.—Look
what a fine morning it is. Insects, Birds, & Animals, are all enjoying
existence.—Published by J. Johnson, Sept. ist, 1791.
(Engraved surface) 4! X 2! in.
First State : The door is shaded with single lmes. Proot, repro-
duced by Russell, Plate 4. , .
Second State: Part of the skirt of Mrs. Mason's dress is left white.
Edition of 1791. , ,
Third State : The skirt is shaded, and the whole plate has been
worked up. 1796*
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ii. Shop-Bill for Moore and Co., Carpet Manufacturers;
A section of the interior of the factory with girls working ou a
Persia and Turkey carpet-loom in the centre, a stocking-frame right,
and three boys at a common carpet-loom left. The manager is prou y
showing a lady round. Above rise two columns. At the base of one
a girl weaves ; two boys, left, roll up carpets. The pillars, swathe
in carpeting, rise into clouds from which in a glory burst the R°Y^
Arms, beneath which, in every variety of lettering, is At Moore &
Co.'s Manufactory and Warehouse of Carpeting and Hosiery, Chigwell
Street, Moorfields, the greatest variety of carpets from the lowest Scotcti,
& Kidderminster, Wilton & Brussels, to the finest Axminster, Turkey
<£ Persia, etc. , -
Below are the names of the looms, as given above, and Blake a.
sc,, and the motto :
Haec tibi Londini tellus dat munera : victa est
Pectine Britannico jam Babylonis acus. v
Vid. Mart. Lib. 14, tp. 150.
(Plate-mark) 13! X iof in,
Russell dates this engraving “ about 1790." It is certainly very
close to the illustrations to Mary Wollstonecraft's stories, descnbea
in the next numbers.
[13-17]. Six illustrations to an edition of Original Stories fromReal Life,
by Mary Wollstonecraft. The stories were first published m i7»»
but Blake's engravings first appeared in the edition of 1791* n t e
edition of 1796 they have been re-worked.
Blake made ten drawings for this little book, though only six were
used. One was engraved on wood for Gilchrist's Life. The who e
set is now in the collection of Mr. A. E. Newton.
i2. Frontispiece.
Mrs. Mason outside the door of her house, with the two young
girls Caroline and Mary on each side of her, about to take am
before breakfast. Above, Frontispiece. Below, Blake d. & sc.—Look
what a fine morning it is. Insects, Birds, & Animals, are all enjoying
existence.—Published by J. Johnson, Sept. ist, 1791.
(Engraved surface) 4! X 2! in.
First State : The door is shaded with single lmes. Proot, repro-
duced by Russell, Plate 4. , .
Second State: Part of the skirt of Mrs. Mason's dress is left white.
Edition of 1791. , ,
Third State : The skirt is shaded, and the whole plate has been
worked up. 1796*
39