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 about “Christ descending into the Grave”: in The Grave
London: Ackermann, 1813. Single plate, folio, etching on wove unwatermarked paper, good. From the second folio edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 435. More about “Christ descending into the Grave”: p. 1 from The Grave
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 about “The Counseller, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the tomb”: in The Grave
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 about “The Counseller, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the tomb”: in The Grave
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 about “The Day of Judgment”: in The Grave
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 about “The Death of the Strong Wicked Man”: in The Grave
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 about “The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death”: in The Grave
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 about “The Grave, a Poem”: title-page to The Grave
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 about “The Meeting of a Family in Heaven”: in The Grave
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 about “The Reunion of the Soul and Body”: in The Grave
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 about “The Soul exploring the recesses of the Grave”: in The Grave
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 Commercial Book..... More about Frontispiece “Pericles” to: An Essay on Sculpture: In a Series of Epistles to John Flaxman
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, Blake's Commercial..... More about Second plate “Death of Demosthenes” in: An Essay on Sculpture: In a Series of Epistles to...
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 of Hayley..... More about Third plate “Thomas Hayley” in: An Essay on Sculpture: In a Series of Epistles to John Flaxman
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, William Blake’s... More about An Inquiry into the Requisite Cultivation and Present State of the Arts of Design in England
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 single plate Blake... More about “The Beggar’s Opera, Act III”: in The Original and Genuine Works of William Hogarth
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, Blake Books, 475... More about The Beggar’s Opera: Works
