“Christ descending into the Grave”: in The Grave.
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1813. London: Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, folio, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, good. § From the second folio edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, trimmed to the image, recently cleaned. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, trimmed to the image. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. § From the first 4to edition, this is one of the best known plates in the series. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, trimmed to the image, recently cleaned. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cromek, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. § From the first 4to edition, this is one of the most famous plates in the series. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1808. London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Single plate, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, margins slightly soiled and worn, image clean. § From the first 4to edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435 A. More
1800. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1800. Frontispiece, a little browned around the edges. Engraved by Blake but not signed. § Blake’s first (and perhaps happiest) collaboration with his patron William Hayley, one that also included Blake’s friend of many years, John Flaxman. Bentley, Blake Books, 467. Essick, Blake's..... More
1800. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1800. Plate facing p. 126, a little browned around the edges. Engraved by Blake, signed. § Blake’s first (and perhaps happiest) collaboration with his patron William Hayley, one that also included Blake’s friend of many years, John Flaxman. Bentley, Blake Books, 467. Essick..... More
1800. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1800. Plate facing p. 163, a little browned around the edges. Engraved by Blake, signed. § Blake’s first (and perhaps happiest) collaboration with his patron William Hayley, one that also included Blake’s friend of many years, John Flaxman. This is Blake’s only illustration..... More
1806. London: Richard Phillips, 1806. The frontispiece engraved by Blake after Joshua Reynolds. § The book has always been scarce (I sold my last copy in 1995 for $850) and this is the only example of the frontispiece available as a separate plate that I have seen. Bentley 474. Essick..... More
1795. London: Boydell and Company, c.1795. Oblong large folio on wove paper (plate mark 583 x 455 mm on sheet 650 x 490 mm). An exceptionally fine, dark impression on bright paper, with the original wide margins untrimmed. § Third and best state (of seven, see below) of the..... More
1822. London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1822. Single leaf. Oblong large folio on wove paper (plate mark 583 x 455 mm on sheet 650 x 490 mm). § Blake’s one plate was first included in Hogarth’s Works 1790 and is here present in the third state (of seven). Bentley..... More