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| Keywords: Gates-sexes d p4 300.jpg en Gates-sexes d p4 300 Copy D Morgan Library and Museum New York USA ru Уильям Блейк Вода из книги Для лиц обоего пола В ата Рая Копия D Лист 4 1793/ок 1820 Библиотека о гана ью-Йо к США Copy Information Title For the Sexes The Gates of Paradise Origination William Blake author inventor delineator etcher printer Origination Catherine Blake printer Publisher William Blake Place of Publication London Note Lambeth a suburb of London is given as the place of publication on plates 6 9 10 13 14 16 and 17 This refers to the place of publication of For Children The Gates of Paradise in 1793 Blake lived in London during the revisions to plates 1-18 the etching and engraving of plates 19-21 and the printing of this copy Date 1793 Composition Date 1793 c 1820 Note Plates 1-18 first etched and engraved in 1793 revised c 1820; plates 19-21 etched and engraved c 1820 The work is based on designs Blake drew in his Notebook; some of these sketches may have been executed c 1790-92 Print Date c 1825 Number of Objects 21 Object Order 1-21 Note Bentley plate numbers are used unless otherwise stated Object Size platemarks ranging in size between 10 5 x 7 4 cm and 6 1 x 4 2 cm Number of Leaves 21 Leaf Size 22 8 x 14 3 cm Medium intaglio etching/engraving Note The numbers 17-19 appearing lower right on objects 19-21 are in pen and ink These numbers were probably written by Blake Printing Style intaglio Ink Color black Support wove paper Watermark J Whatman/1825 Note The watermark appears on plates 3 8 16 and 17 Etched Numbers 1-16 lower left on plates 3-18 Penned Numbers 17-19 lower right on plates 19-21 Note These numbers were probably written by Blake Frame Lines none Binding contemporary or near-contemporary half brown calf over marbled boards Stab Holes originally stabbed through 3 holes 6 9 cm from the top and 3 6 cm apart Provenance Name Morgan Library and Museum Date 1973 Dealer gift Price gift Note Probably Frederick Tatham; Thomas Boddington by 1833; sold from Boddington's library Sotheby's 4 Nov 1895 lot 94 £21 to the dealer Bernard Quaritch acting for William A White ; the dealer A S W Rosenbach by 1929; Mrs Landon K Thorne no earlier than 1945 the year of the last Rosenbach catalogue offering the book for sale ; given by Thorne to The Pierpont Morgan Library in 1973 Present Location Morgan Library and Museum 29 East 36th Street New York NY 10016 USA 2014-06-01 20 49 16 http //www blakearchive org/exist/blake/archive/work xq workid gates-sexes java no Creator William Blake PD-old-100 PD-US Uploaded with UploadWizard For the Sexes | ||||
