WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
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WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)

The Grave: The Reunion of the Soul and the Body

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WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
The Grave: The Reunion of the Soul and the Body
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolor
9 ¼ x 6 7⁄8 in. (23.7 x 17.5 cm)
Provenance
Robert Cromek, and by descent to his widow.
Thomas Sivright; C.B. Tait, Edinburgh, 10 February 1836, lot 1835 (part).
possibly John Stannard (1795-1881), and by descent until
with Caladonia Books, Glasgow, by 2001
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 2 May 2006, lot 6, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
M. Butlin, 'Newly Risen from the Grave: Nineteen Unknown Watercolors by William Blake' in Blake, an Illustrated Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3 (winter 2002), pp. 68-73.

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