Eternally I labour on : [Urizen, Plate 9 from Small Book of Designs copy B] / by William Blake.

Artist
Blake, William, 1757-1827 [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
1794.
Description
1 print : monotype ; sheet 28 x 22 cm.

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    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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