Details

Subject(s)

• Blake, William 1757-1827—Book of Urizen [Browse]
• Illustration of books—Great Britain—18th century [Browse]

Notes

• Joseph Viscomi, 4/2006: "Many thanks for the image of Urizen plate 9 from Small Book of Designs copy B. Actually, copy B of both the Large Book and Small Book is a bibliographical invention, because most of the impressions are second pulls, impressions pul."
• Princeton copy 1: Titled in ink, lower center: "Eternally I labour on".
• Princeton copy 1: Inscribed in ink, upper right: "13".
• Princeton copy 1: Unsigned.

Provenance

• Princeton copy 1: Inscribed in ink, on Ex Libris of A. Edward Newton attached to marbled endpaper on frame backing: "A print from Blake's // Urizen".
• Princeton copy 1: When our William Blake 'Eternally I labour on' was taken out of it's frame, we found a blank book (4to) with: 1. A letter written by A. Edward Newton: "This is a hand colored plate by William Blake, not an original drawing, from Urizen."

References

• Book of Urizen
• Bentley, G. E. Jr. Blake Books, p. 357 SBD copy B, and 169 and 63.
• Rare Books Original Drawings Autograph Letters and Manuscripts Collected by the Late A. Edward Newton (NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1941): 64, no. 133.

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