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ENGRAVED DESIGNS OF WILLIAM BLAKE
347. Headpiece.
Little Tom clings to the mast, with its flag flying, as his ship sinks
in a stormy sea. Above appears an angel.
4§ x 6§ in.
See reproduction, Plate 61.
348. Tailpiece.
The widowed mother leaving her cottage with a pitcher ; her
young son stands in the doorway, his sister tends a baby within.
4§X5§ in.
See reproduction, Plate 61.
Russell describes these prints as “ woodcuts on pewter,” that is,
according to Blake's memorandum, a print from a pewter plate
engraved as if it were a wood-block. Graver-work seems to pre-
dominate, but the acid may also have been used as a preliminary.
349. The Chaining of Orc.
“ The youthful Orc, son of Los and Enitharmon, lies, with his
wrists and ankles riveted to a rock, upon a couch of fire at the summit
of Mount Atlas. His parents, with their respective emblems, the sun
and the moon, as nimbuses about their heads, have chained him
* with chains of jealousy/ and now, unable to release him, bend over
him howling in terror and despair. The dome of Golgonooza, sur-
mounted by a cross, appears in the distance to the left.” No title.
Type by W. Blake, 1813.
4tVX3§
I have not seen this print, and quote the above description from
Mr. Russell's catalogue (No. 26). The only known impression is in an
album of miscellaneous designs by Blake formerly in the MacGeorge
collection.
The subject is the same as No. 269 in this catalogue (America, p. 1),
though the design is different. A study, in reverse, for the design is
in the British Museum Print Room. See the Catalogue of Drawings
by British Artists, Vol. I, p. 130.
[350-384]. Designs for Milton.
Keynes records three copies of this book. Two, the copy in the
Print Room and the copy in Mr. H. E, Huntington's collection, are
identical in composition ; the third, in the New York Public Library,
has 5 additional plates, but has not the preface. Since the appearance
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347. Headpiece.
Little Tom clings to the mast, with its flag flying, as his ship sinks
in a stormy sea. Above appears an angel.
4§ x 6§ in.
See reproduction, Plate 61.
348. Tailpiece.
The widowed mother leaving her cottage with a pitcher ; her
young son stands in the doorway, his sister tends a baby within.
4§X5§ in.
See reproduction, Plate 61.
Russell describes these prints as “ woodcuts on pewter,” that is,
according to Blake's memorandum, a print from a pewter plate
engraved as if it were a wood-block. Graver-work seems to pre-
dominate, but the acid may also have been used as a preliminary.
349. The Chaining of Orc.
“ The youthful Orc, son of Los and Enitharmon, lies, with his
wrists and ankles riveted to a rock, upon a couch of fire at the summit
of Mount Atlas. His parents, with their respective emblems, the sun
and the moon, as nimbuses about their heads, have chained him
* with chains of jealousy/ and now, unable to release him, bend over
him howling in terror and despair. The dome of Golgonooza, sur-
mounted by a cross, appears in the distance to the left.” No title.
Type by W. Blake, 1813.
4tVX3§
I have not seen this print, and quote the above description from
Mr. Russell's catalogue (No. 26). The only known impression is in an
album of miscellaneous designs by Blake formerly in the MacGeorge
collection.
The subject is the same as No. 269 in this catalogue (America, p. 1),
though the design is different. A study, in reverse, for the design is
in the British Museum Print Room. See the Catalogue of Drawings
by British Artists, Vol. I, p. 130.
[350-384]. Designs for Milton.
Keynes records three copies of this book. Two, the copy in the
Print Room and the copy in Mr. H. E, Huntington's collection, are
identical in composition ; the third, in the New York Public Library,
has 5 additional plates, but has not the preface. Since the appearance
120