Proofs of two plates for Europe A Prophecy ('Prophecy' and 'The shrill wind wakes!')
Printmaker: Blake, William
Proofs of Plates 3 and 4 (Erdman and Keynes Plates 3 and 4, Bentley Plates 6 and 7), both impressions printed in the same blue-grey ink, recto and verso, on the same single leaf of wove paper without watermark. Plate 4 has been trimmed to the design, with the upper section of text trimmed away; on the verso, hinged at the top of the sheet and laid down, is the lower half of Plate 3 including the text, while the upper section has been trimmed away including most of the design. Keynes, Bibliotheca Bibliographici, No. 520 (vi & vii)
History note: Given to GLK by John Fleming, New York, 1956
From the collection of Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government from the estate of Stephen Keynes OBE and allocated to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Method of acquisition: Allocated (2020) by H.M. Government Keynes, Stephen
18th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1794
Sheet Height 128 mm Width 163 mm
Accession number: P.103-2020
Primary reference Number: 282175
Erdman: 3 and 4
Bentley: 6 and 7
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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