A letter from William Blake.: PB 850639

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Titles

A letter from William Blake.

Maker(s)

Author: Blake, William
Illustrator: Baskin, Leonard
Printer: Gehenna Press

Categories

Book

Description

Letter written to Thomas Butts.

[15]p, [4] leaves of plates : ill ; 16cm.

Place(s) associated

Northampton

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985) by Keynes, Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: AD 1964

Note

"Five hundred copies of this letter have been printed at the Gehenna Press ... The woodengravings by Leonard Baskin have been printed from the blocks. Harold McGrath was the pressman. Twenty-five copies have an additional suite of the woodengravings printed on Japanese vellum and are signed by the artist. They are hand-bound in full Oasis Niger Morocco ..." Museum has standard edition, not numbered or signed. Binding: marbled paper covers with printed label on upper cover.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Butts, Thomas

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 850639
Primary reference Number: 107779
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 14 January 2014

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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