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CATALOGUE OF BLAKE'S ENGRAVED DESIGNS
69. Page 63. “ This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace. . . .”
Signed W.B. inv. 6c sc. No imprint.
** To the eye of the righteous the countenance of the King of
Terrors is changed into that of the Prince of Peace."
lo. Page 65. ** The Ghristian Triumph."
Title-page to Night the Fourth.
Signed W.B. in. 6c s. PuM. June ist 1797 hy R. Edwards New
Bond Street.
** The resurrection of our Saviour, typical of the resurrection of all
his servants from the grave."
71. Page 70. (i Till death that mighty hunter, earths them all."
Signed W.B. inv. & sc. London. Pubd June 27,1796, hy R. Edwards,
142 New Bond Street.
** Death, as a huntsman, pursuing with ferocious pleasure his human
game."
72. Page 72. . ♦ ♦ Sense and reason shew the door,
Call for my bier, and point me to the dust.”
Signed W.B. in. 6c s. Pubd June ist 1797, hy R. Edwards, No 142
New Bond Street.
** Two figures, intended to represent Sense and Reason, pointing
to another scene of things, and admonishing the author that it is time
for him to depart from the present.”
73* Page 73. ** Draw the dire steel i . . . Ah, no ! "
No signature or imprint.
** The Saviour represented in the furnace of affliction, and agonised
with torture for the sins of the human race.”
74* Page 75. “ The sun beheld it—no, the shocking scene
Drove back his chariot ; midnight veil'd his face.”
Signed W.B. in. 6c s. No imprint.
“ The sun as described by the poet, averting his face (which he
hides also with his hands) from the shocking spectacle of our Lord's
sufferings.”
75. Page 80. ** Shall I question loud
The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells i ...”
Signed W.B. in. 6c s. Same imprint as No. 72.
** A personification of Thunder directing the adoration of the poet
to the Almighty in heaven.”
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69. Page 63. “ This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace. . . .”
Signed W.B. inv. 6c sc. No imprint.
** To the eye of the righteous the countenance of the King of
Terrors is changed into that of the Prince of Peace."
lo. Page 65. ** The Ghristian Triumph."
Title-page to Night the Fourth.
Signed W.B. in. 6c s. PuM. June ist 1797 hy R. Edwards New
Bond Street.
** The resurrection of our Saviour, typical of the resurrection of all
his servants from the grave."
71. Page 70. (i Till death that mighty hunter, earths them all."
Signed W.B. inv. & sc. London. Pubd June 27,1796, hy R. Edwards,
142 New Bond Street.
** Death, as a huntsman, pursuing with ferocious pleasure his human
game."
72. Page 72. . ♦ ♦ Sense and reason shew the door,
Call for my bier, and point me to the dust.”
Signed W.B. in. 6c s. Pubd June ist 1797, hy R. Edwards, No 142
New Bond Street.
** Two figures, intended to represent Sense and Reason, pointing
to another scene of things, and admonishing the author that it is time
for him to depart from the present.”
73* Page 73. ** Draw the dire steel i . . . Ah, no ! "
No signature or imprint.
** The Saviour represented in the furnace of affliction, and agonised
with torture for the sins of the human race.”
74* Page 75. “ The sun beheld it—no, the shocking scene
Drove back his chariot ; midnight veil'd his face.”
Signed W.B. in. 6c s. No imprint.
“ The sun as described by the poet, averting his face (which he
hides also with his hands) from the shocking spectacle of our Lord's
sufferings.”
75. Page 80. ** Shall I question loud
The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells i ...”
Signed W.B. in. 6c s. Same imprint as No. 72.
** A personification of Thunder directing the adoration of the poet
to the Almighty in heaven.”
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