File:Europe a Prophecy, copy D, object 1 (Bentley 1, Erdman i, Keynes i) British Museum.jpg

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William Blake  (1757–1827)  wikidata:Q41513 s:en:Author:William Blake q:en:William Blake
 
William Blake
Alternative names
W. Blake; Uil'iam Bleik; Blake
Description English-British painter, poet, theologian, collector, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death 28 November 1757 Edit this at Wikidata 12 August 1827 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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creator QS:P170,Q41513
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English: Europe a Prophecy
(Copy D, Object 1; Bentley 1, Erdman I, Keynes I; Europe a Prophecy &mdash)
Date 1794
date QS:P571,+1794-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Relief and white-line etching with color printing and hand coloring.
Dimensions height: 36 cm (14.1 in); width: 25.7 cm (10.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,36.0U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,25.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Object history Acquired, probably directly from Blake in 1796, by Ozias Humphry; apparently lent by Humphry to George Cumberland, who added the pen and ink inscriptions; bequeathed by Humphry to his son, William Upcott, in 1810; sold after Upcott's death at Evans, the London auction house, 15 June 1846, lot 277, with The Large Book of Designs copy A and The Small Book of Designs copy A "inserted," and with America a Prophecy copy H in the same lot (£7.2s.6d. to the dealer R. H. Evans); possibly acquired by Francis Turner Palgrave; acquired by the British Museum on 25 June 1859.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1859-0625-72
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The Ancient of Days (1794), depicting Urizen. Frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy, copy D. Colour relief etching and white-line etching in blue, black, red and yellow; with added hand colouring. British Museum, London

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