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Currently not on display

William Blake

London, 1757 - London, 1827

Illustrations to Edward Young's <Night Thoughts>.

Date published 1797
Materials and Techniques line-engravings surrounding letterpress
Size(cm) 33.9 x 29.6 - 40.0 x 29.8 (image)
Standard ref. Bindman 337-379.
Category Books
Collection Number L.1989-0001

Provenance

Donated by the Kyoryoku-kai-society of the National Museum of Western Art, 5 March 1990.

Exhibition History

1990
William Blake, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 22 September 1990 - 25 November 1990, cat. no. 34

Bibliography

1912
Russell, Archibald G. B. The Engravings of William Blake. London, 1912, no. 17, pl. 8, 9.
1926
Binyon, L. The Engraving Designs of William Blake. London/New York, 1926, cat. nos. 40-82.
1950
Keynes, Geoffrey. William Blake's Engravings. London, n. d. [1950], pl. 32-35.
1964
Bentley, Gerald E.; Nurmi, Martin K.. A Blake bibliography:annotated lists of works, studies, and Blakeana. Minneapolis, 1964 , 422
1972
Easson, Roger R.; Essick, Robert N.. William Blake: Book Illustrator. vol I, Illinois, 1972, pp. 13-21, repr. IV. pl. 1-43.
1975
Young, Edward, text; Blake, William, illustlation. Night thoughts: or, The complaint and the consolation. Essick, Robert; La Belle, Jenijoy, eds. rep. ed., New York, 1975(1st ed., 1797)
1975
Essick, R. N.; La Belle, J. William Blake: Edouard Young's Night Thoughts, New York, 1975, cat. nos. 337-379.
1977
Bentley, Gerald E. Blake books: annotated catalogues of William Blake's writings. Rev.ed., Oxford, 1977(1st ed., 1964), no. 515.
1977
Klonskey, Milton. William Blake: The Seer and His Visions. New York, 1977, pp. 94-97.
1978
Bindman, David. The Complete Graphic Works of William Blake. New York, 1978, nos. 337-379.
1980
Erdman, David V. et al, eds. William Blake's Designs for Edward Young's Night Thoughts. 2 vols, Oxford, 1980
1985
Essick, Robert N. The Works of William Blake in the Huntington Collections. California, 1985, pp. 229-230.
1989
Narrative Image-Book Illustration in 19th Century (exh. cat.). Kokatsu, Reiko; Sagawa, Michiko, eds. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 1989, cat. no.71.
1990
"William Blake (exh. cat.). National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, ed. Nihon-Keizai-Shimbun, c1990, cat.nos.34-39.
1992
Annual bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. Nos. 23-24 (1988-89), 1992, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions 1988-89.pp. 122-123, repr., p. 166.

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