Image not available
Luigi Schiavonetti
1765-1810
La caverna / drawn by W. Blake ; etched by L. Schiavonetti.
Londres : Pub. por R: Ackerman ..., 1826
etching
image: 234 x 118 mm; plate mark: 285 x 158 mm; sheet: 360 x 270 mm
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
1980.79:5
Notes
Engraving by L. Schiavonetti after Blake from José Joaquín de Mora's Meditaciones Poéticas (Londres : Lo publica R. Ackermann, 1826); the plate originally created to illustrate R.H. Cromek's edition of Robert Blair's "The grave" in 1808, in which it was titled "The soul exploring the recesses of the grave".
Provenance
Herman Cohen, Sandy Hook, Conn.
Summary
Print shows a a rock archway through it can be seen a corpse stretched out on the ground, enshrouded in flames; in the foreground a young man walks through the arch, carrying a candle; above, a young man stands on top of the arch, almost nude, looking below; his legs straddle a crescent moon; a mountainous landscape, with a church spire and other buildings, is in the background.
Associated names
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Blake, William, 1757-1827, artist.
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Mora, José Joaquín de, 1783-1864. Meditaciones Poéticas.
Blake, William, 1757-1827, artist.
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Mora, José Joaquín de, 1783-1864. Meditaciones Poéticas.
Bibliography
A Blake bibliography : annotated lists of works, studies, and Blakeana / G.E. Bentley, and Martin K. Nurmi. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1964, no. 393, plate 9.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
Catalog link