Lot 84
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William Blake
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William Blake

The First Book of Urizen: Plate 3: 'O flames of furious desire' (Bindman 188; Bentley 38, pp. 174)

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William Blake
The First Book of Urizen: Plate 3: 'O flames of furious desire' (Bindman 188; Bentley 38, pp. 174)
relief-etching, 1794, printed in colours, finished by hand with watercolour, a fine impression, on an un-watermarked sheet of wove paper similar to Whatman, the delicate hand-work defining the left arm, left leg and the left side of the torso, also the right foot and calf, the extreme tip of the upper left sheet corner missing, minor surface dirt (? printer's ink) at the lower and right sheet edge, a faint pencil inscription and a small pale area of staining at the lower edge of the sheet verso, otherwise generally in very good condition
S. 156 x 112mm.
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Lot Essay

Mr Robert Essick believes this to be a hitherto unrecorded impression, and the first 'seperate' plate with text to have been identified. It was not intended to be included in any of the surviving copies of Urizen, as none of them lack this plate. An impression of the design only, as issued by Blake in his Little Book of Designs, was sold in these Rooms, 25th April, 1995, lot 52, for #32,200.

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