Book/Printed Material William Blake's designs for Gray's poems, reproduced full-size in monochrome or colour from the unique copy belonging to His Grace the Duke of Hamilton Page View
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- Date: 1922
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- Date: 1922
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Image 6 of Page View WILLIAM BLAKES DESIGNS FOR GRAYS POEMS EIT SR ES Sea BA ac fon Fen RE I CoM mTâ he- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 8 of Page View WILLIAM BLAKES DESIGNS FOR GRAYS POEMS REPRODUCED FULLSIZE IN MONOCHROME OR COLOUR FROM THE UNIQUE COPY BELONGING TO H1S GRACE THE DUKE OF HAMILTON WITH ANGCNMNTRODUCTION BY H JC GRIERSON HUMPHREY MILFORD…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 9 of Page View via lteinininininiain seis iain lnininis Six hundred and fifty copies have been printed of which his 1s number198EUR- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 10 of Page View es neeâ BLAKES TO GRAYS POEMS HE chance that has brought to light after nearly one hundred years the copy of Grays poems illustrated by William Blake will raise varied feelings in…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 11 of Page View siisinialeinia nine 6 BLAKEâS never pours himself out as Christopher Smart in the Song of David or Blake in the Songs of lnunocence or Shelley Singing hymns unbidden In the light of…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 12 of Page View BLAKEâS ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYS POEMS 7 thinks of the general level is clear enough â1 1 say Messieurs this is not the thing write prose write sermons write nothing at all they…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 13 of Page View talsiniainin nie in 2 0 tale inisin 2 50 tmiaTate 8 BLAKEâS ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYâS POEMS end and no answer Where Johnson comes nearer to the truth is in his complaint that…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 14 of Page View BLAKEâS ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYâS POEMS 0 rhetorical âtopicsâ begotten in the wits not in the imagi nation for diction and verse are the expression not the embellishment of the passionate imaginative thinking…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 15 of Page View slsiniainin mains 0 tale ints in 2 500m 10 BLAKEâS ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYâS POEMS compel to find harmonious words Is the fundamental artist enabled by minute capacity for controlling lines and spaces…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 16 of Page View BLAKEâS ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYâS POEMS II that a passionate inspiration gave that work but also its power to shatter and disperse He had the inspiration which 1s at once a natural aptitude…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 17 of Page View sisiaisjeisia 2 pie imims ia lian 12 BLAKEâS Innocence For these nambypamby verses songs in which one hears a faint echo of Wattsâs hymns this âglorified nurserybabbleâ as Sir William Watson calls…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 18 of Page View BLAKEâS chief burdens of the verse and prose of Vaughan and Traherne in the seventeenth century Happy those early days when 1 Shinâd in my AngelInfancy It is the experience which troubled…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 19 of Page View Sdshsisieisinleinia flatts ia iz 00m 4 BLAKEâS ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYâS POEMS thoughts His achievement as a metrist was not to extend beyond the compass of his delicate and exquisite lyrics and even…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 20 of Page View BLAKEâS ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYS POEMS 15 high art as the juxtaposition of Gray and Blake of Blake and Reynolds forces upon the mind The inspiration of the artist as well as that…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 21 of Page View sdslviciainiaiz 16 BLAKES ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYâS POEMS in colour and light and shade âMy frequent alterations arose from a fine taste which could not acquiesce in any thing short of a high…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 22 of Page View BLAKES TLLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYS POEMS 17 that I shall see you on Sunday as we have appointed Sunday afternoon to call on Mrs Flaxman at Hampstead I send you a few lines…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 23 of Page View 18 BLAKES ILLUSTRATIONS TO GRAYS POEMS Or towâring upon the roaring waves Stretching her mighty spear oâer distant lands While with her eagle wings she covereth Fair Albionâs shore and all her…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 24 of Page View 1IST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ec plels ple WILLIAM BLAKE Drawn by Fohn Flaxman Frontispiece 9000 DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM BLAKE ODE ON THE SPRING Design 1 The Pindaric Genius recieving his Lyre This encircles…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 25 of Page View talvisiate loin 38 lala tnis in 25000 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 20 Design 8 âOut of the window whisk they flewâ 0 âAt the Chapel door stand centryâ 10 âA sudden fit of…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 26 of Page View IO 10 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 21 THE DESCENT OF ODIN The Serpent who girds the Earth Spectres â Him the Dog of Darkmess spiedâ â Right against the eastern gate By the…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 27 of Page View rn i- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 28 of Page View S1X PLATES PRINTED IN COLOURS Design 4 from Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College Say Father Thames for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Who foremost câ Design…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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Image 29 of Page View- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 30 of Page View- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 31 of Page View- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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Image 32 of Page View  NEW EDITION LONDON 2 FLFE T PRINTED TOR J MURRAY No MDCCLX X X X- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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- Date: 1922
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Image 35 of Page View aisisiz sain imins â 3 WhereÂer the rude and mofsgrown beech Orercanopies the glade 340 Befide fome waterâs ruthy brink re With me the Mufe hall fit and think At eafe reclind…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1922
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- Date: 1922
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Image 38 of Page View 3 at ON THE DEATH FAVOURITE CAT Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fithes a bo Es oe iad i A bY i 7 H EN Loan eiel Re PRR 7 FR…- Contributor: Blake, William - Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
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- Date: 1922
About this Item
Title
- William Blake's designs for Gray's poems, reproduced full-size in monochrome or colour from the unique copy belonging to His Grace the Duke of Hamilton
Names
- Blake, William, 1757-1827
- Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- London, New York [etc.] H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1922.
Headings
- - Gray, Thomas,--1716-1771--Illustrations
- - Grierson, Herbert John Clifford,--Sir,--1866-1960
Notes
- - LAC ael 2019-09-05 update (1 card)
Medium
- 21 p., 1 l., 122 pl. (port col.) on 64 l., incl mounted port. 51 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- NC1115.B72 A35
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 24007166
Online Format
- online text
- image