Title:
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake
Maker:
Blake, William; printmaker; British artist, 1757-1827
Category(s):
print; book
Name:
binding
Date:
1790 — 1793
School/Style:
British
Description:
Bookbinding
Production
Note:
Empty bookbinding for The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The plates have been mounted.
Material(s):
native-dyed niger morocco; Binding
gilt; binding
Dimension(s):
height, 220, mm
width, 276, mm
Acquisition:
bequeathed; 1985-04; Keynes, Sir Geoffrey
Provenance:
Frances White Emerson, 5 December 1956
Acquisition Credit:
Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes
Alternative
Number(s):
Bindman; 81-108
Bentley; 98 E; 1977
Parts(s):
P.669-1985 (1); Title-page
P.669-1985 (2); The Argument
P.669-1985 (3); As a new heaven is begun
P.669-1985 (4); The voice of the Devil
P.669-1985 (5); Those who restrain desire
P.669-1985 (6); [Messi]ah fell, & formed a heaven
P.669-1985 (7); [cor]roding fires he wrote
P.669-1985 (8); Proverbs of Hell, Prisons are built...
P.669-1985 (9); Proverbs of Hell, The fox provides...
P.669-1985 (10); Proverbs of Hell, The head Sublime...
P.669-1985 (11); The ancient Poets
P.669-1985 (12); A Memorable Fancy
P.669-1985 (13); Would at last be proved...
P.669-1985 (14); The ancient tradition...
P.669-1985 (15); A Memorable Fancy
P.669-1985 (16); The Giants who formed this world
P.669-1985 (17); To reconcile them seems to destroy existence
P.669-1985 (18); Root of an oak
P.669-1985 (19); Us with all the fury of a spiritual existence
P.669-1985 (20); Number of monkeys, baboons
P.669-1985 (21); I have always found...
P.669-1985 (22); One on earth that ever broke a net
P.669-1985 (23); Greatest men best
P.669-1985 (24); [im]pulse, not from rules
P.669-1985 (25); A Song of Liberty
P.669-1985 (26); Hurl'd the new born
P.669-1985 (27); He promulgates his ten commands
Accession:
Object Number: P.669-1985
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 621; input: 1999-12-15; modified: 2005-12-07)
Permanent
Identifier: