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ENGRAVED DESIGNS OF WILLIAM BLAKE
381. Page 42. A nude male figure struggles among projecting fibres of
an old tree. From a cave in its roots appears a wolf. A serpent in
the foreground seems to become part of the tree.
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44 The Forests of Error ” (Damon).
382. Page 43. A dance of six naked figures floating among flames with
hands held high and linked. Text below.
5fX4 in.
Apparently the “ six-fold Miltonic female."
383. Page 44. A naked woman lying on a cloud, with her long hair
weeping like rain on corn below. Text above.
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384. Page 45. Finis.
A female figure with floating hair stands lifting up her robe in
outstretched hands, or rather her robe seems to be a green growth
from the earth, which perhaps she is about to cast off. On either side
are youthful forms seen from behind ; they too seem to leap upward
from the ground, like 44 ears of human corn ” (Keynes),
5IX4 in.
Probably the ecstasy of the soul casting off the “ vegetable ” body,
[385-472], Designs to Jerusalem.
Though the title-page bears the date 1804, the poem was not
completed till 1818. Keynes describes six copies; one is in the
British Museum, another in the Fitzwilliam Museum. General
Stirling's is the only complete coloured copy. In Chapter II, the
British Museum copy and the Linnell copy (now belonging to
Mr. Frank Rinder) agree in the arrangement of pages, but differ from
the other copies. Dr, Keynes says that he has followed the arrange-
ment of the Museum copy and of General Stirling's copy; but these are
not the same. Actually, he has followed the order of pages in General
Stirling's copy; and the same order is followed in this catalogue.
Dimensions of page : about 8| X 6J in.
385. Frontispiece.
A man in hat and cloak, seen from behind, about to enter a Gothic
doorway ; he carries a fiery globe in his right hand ; his left hand is
raised.
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381. Page 42. A nude male figure struggles among projecting fibres of
an old tree. From a cave in its roots appears a wolf. A serpent in
the foreground seems to become part of the tree.
5fX4iin.
44 The Forests of Error ” (Damon).
382. Page 43. A dance of six naked figures floating among flames with
hands held high and linked. Text below.
5fX4 in.
Apparently the “ six-fold Miltonic female."
383. Page 44. A naked woman lying on a cloud, with her long hair
weeping like rain on corn below. Text above.
5^X4! in.
384. Page 45. Finis.
A female figure with floating hair stands lifting up her robe in
outstretched hands, or rather her robe seems to be a green growth
from the earth, which perhaps she is about to cast off. On either side
are youthful forms seen from behind ; they too seem to leap upward
from the ground, like 44 ears of human corn ” (Keynes),
5IX4 in.
Probably the ecstasy of the soul casting off the “ vegetable ” body,
[385-472], Designs to Jerusalem.
Though the title-page bears the date 1804, the poem was not
completed till 1818. Keynes describes six copies; one is in the
British Museum, another in the Fitzwilliam Museum. General
Stirling's is the only complete coloured copy. In Chapter II, the
British Museum copy and the Linnell copy (now belonging to
Mr. Frank Rinder) agree in the arrangement of pages, but differ from
the other copies. Dr, Keynes says that he has followed the arrange-
ment of the Museum copy and of General Stirling's copy; but these are
not the same. Actually, he has followed the order of pages in General
Stirling's copy; and the same order is followed in this catalogue.
Dimensions of page : about 8| X 6J in.
385. Frontispiece.
A man in hat and cloak, seen from behind, about to enter a Gothic
doorway ; he carries a fiery globe in his right hand ; his left hand is
raised.
126