ID 1422581
Lot 25 | WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
The Pastorals of Virgil: Four Plates
wood-engraving, on two joined sheets of wove paper, without watermark, circa 1821, a rare first-state proof of the woodblock before it was divided, a fine, richly inked impression, with margins, framed
Image overall: 6 x 3 ½ in. (152 x 89 mm.)
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (162 x 98 mm.)
Literature
The Engraved Designs of William Blake, Binyon, 138-41; Blake Books, Bentley, 504; The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake, Bindman, 603-606
Further details
The four plates are: Thenot remonstrates with Colinet (B. 603); Thenot under fruit tree (B. 604); Thenot remonstrates with Colinet, Lightfoot in background (B. 605); and Colinet departs in sorrow: 'riven trunk' at right (B. 606)
| Artist: | William Blake (1757 - 1827) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Artist: | William Blake (1757 - 1827) |
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| Applied technique: | Engraving |
| Medium: | Plastic |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints & Multiples |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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