Complete portraiture of William & Catherine Blake
- London: Trianon Press, 1977
London: Trianon Press, 1977. First thus. Fine. Limited edition, number 135 of 600 numbered copies, out of a total edition of 662 copies. A Fine copy. Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in; 290 x 210 mm). 154 p. Ten color plates. Original quarter brown morocco over cloth boards. In the original cloth slipcase.
A singular collection of all portraits and related sketches of Blake, his wife, and places they lived, by a range of artists to get at the character of the artist. "This compilation of portraits was a departure for the Trianon Press, which had previously focused on facsimiles of Blake’s illuminated books and designs. But with a text by Blake scholar Geoffrey Keynes, who contributed commentary to the other facsimiles, it continued Trianon’s incomparable record of bringing all aspects of Blake’s work and life to light" (Union College). Fine.
A singular collection of all portraits and related sketches of Blake, his wife, and places they lived, by a range of artists to get at the character of the artist. "This compilation of portraits was a departure for the Trianon Press, which had previously focused on facsimiles of Blake’s illuminated books and designs. But with a text by Blake scholar Geoffrey Keynes, who contributed commentary to the other facsimiles, it continued Trianon’s incomparable record of bringing all aspects of Blake’s work and life to light" (Union College). Fine.