Accession number
PML 77019.139-142
Creator
Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver.
Published
London : Printed by W. Wilson, St. Peter's-Hill, Doctors'-Commons, ... M DCC XCVI.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of The Thorne Family and Fellows Fund, in memory of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, 1976.
Notes
Blake engraved 8 plates for Thoughts on outline, sculpture, and the system that guided the ancient artists ... by G. Cumberland (London: W. Wilson ... and sold by Messrs. Robinson ... and T. Egerton ..., 1796).
The four plates here are: "Inventions by G. Cumberland" (77019.139); "Psyche disobeys" (77019.140; "Psyche repents" (77019.141); "Venus councels Cupid" (77019.142.
Plates removed from Allan Cunningham's Life of William Blake (Herriman album).
The four plates here are: "Inventions by G. Cumberland" (77019.139); "Psyche disobeys" (77019.140; "Psyche repents" (77019.141); "Venus councels Cupid" (77019.142.
Plates removed from Allan Cunningham's Life of William Blake (Herriman album).
Description
[4] leaves of plates : engraving ; various dimensions; leaves: 33 x 24 cm
Provenance
Possibly Allan Cunningham (letters once laid in are addressed to him); William H. Herriman (bookplate); purchased from the American Academy in Rome.
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