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Lot 43
  • 43

William Blake

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • William Blake
  • The Lamb (Bindman 68; Bentley 8)
  • etching
  • 116 by 76 mm 4 1/2 by 3 in
  • sheet 207 by 146 mm 8 1/8 by 5 3/4 in
Relief etching printed somewhat unevenly in grayish-black ink and strengthened in shell gold, with extensive hand-coloring in watercolor, c. 1800-03, numbered 7 in gray ink in upper right margin, on wove paper

Condition

The print is in good condition, with wide margins, the colors very fresh. A window of very pale light-stain surrounds the image, pale discoloration at the sheet eges, with stitching holes at left.
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