Henry James Bellars
ca. 1828-1868 or 9
Sketch after pl. 2 of Blake's "America, A Prophecy"
10 15/16 x 8 1/4 inches (277 x 211 mm)
Brush and black ink, with watercolor, over graphite, on paper.
1982.77:2
Gift of Mr. Henry A. La Farge.
Notes
Watermark: fragment of a hillock with letters "AS".
One of six drawings freely based in most cases on designs by William Blake and possibly related to John Camden Hotten's planned complete facsimile of the illuminated works of Blake.
Faint studies of clanched hands in red chalk, at upper edge of sheet.
One of six drawings freely based in most cases on designs by William Blake and possibly related to John Camden Hotten's planned complete facsimile of the illuminated works of Blake.
Faint studies of clanched hands in red chalk, at upper edge of sheet.
Associated names
Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873, former owner.
Bouton, J. W., former owner.
Hooper, Edward W., former owner.
Hooper, Mabel La Farge, former owner.
La Farge, Henry Adams, 1902-, former owner.
Bouton, J. W., former owner.
Hooper, Edward W., former owner.
Hooper, Mabel La Farge, former owner.
La Farge, Henry Adams, 1902-, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 237.
Exhibition of Books, Water Colors, Engravings, Etc. by William Blake, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1880, nos. 58, 59(?), 61, 63, and 79(?), all as Blake.
Morton D. Paley, "John Camden Hotten, A. C. Swinburne, and the Blake Facsimilies of 1868," Bulletin of Nw York Public Library, Spring 1976, 285ff.
Exhibition of Books, Water Colors, Engravings, Etc. by William Blake, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1880, nos. 58, 59(?), 61, 63, and 79(?), all as Blake.
Morton D. Paley, "John Camden Hotten, A. C. Swinburne, and the Blake Facsimilies of 1868," Bulletin of Nw York Public Library, Spring 1976, 285ff.
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