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Luigi Schiavonetti
1765-1810
[Engraved illustrated title page from Robert Blair's The grave]
London : By R. H. Cromek, No. 64, Newman Street, 1808.
Etching on paper.
360 mm
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
1980.79:3
Notes
Engraved t.p. by Schiavonetti after William Blake.
Engraving signed within the plate by the artist at lower left and by the engraver at lower right.
T.p. from the large paper proof issue, lettered at bottom right (partially illegible): Proof copy RHC [Price 5.5.0].
Engraving signed within the plate by the artist at lower left and by the engraver at lower right.
T.p. from the large paper proof issue, lettered at bottom right (partially illegible): Proof copy RHC [Price 5.5.0].
Provenance
Herman Cohen, Sandy Hook, Conn.
Associated names
Blair, Robert, 1699-1746. Grave. Selections. 1808.
Blake, William, 1757-1827, illustrator.
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Cromek, R. H. (Robert Hartley), 1770-1812, publisher.
Blake, William, 1757-1827, illustrator.
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Cromek, R. H. (Robert Hartley), 1770-1812, publisher.
Bibliography
The Engravings of William Blake / Archibald G.B. Russell. Boston, 1912, no. 40, i ("The skeleton re-animated").
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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