The Works of William Blake in the Huntington Collections (Huntington Library Publications) - Hardcover

Essick, Robert N

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873280849 ISBN 13: 9780873280846

Publisher: Huntington Library Press, 1985

Synopsis

This complete catalogue of William Blake's work from the richly comprehensive collections of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery features a full introduction and explanatory text by a leading Blake scholar and covers the artist's entire oeuvre: his pencil sketches, watercolor drawings, tempera paintings, engravings, etchings, relief color printing, illustrated and illuminated books, and printed writings.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert N. Essick is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside. Among his many books are William Blake, Printmaker, selected by CHOICE as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1980-81, and William Blake at the Huntington, a Book-of-the-Month Club alternate selection. Essick specializes in British romantic literature and art, particularly William Blake. He is currently working on the Blake Electronic Archive.

Review:

"A very helpful guide to one of the great Blake collections..." --The Drawing Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Huntington Library Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0873280849
• ISBN 13: 9780873280846
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256