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Titlepage (The Skeleton re-animated)

Titlepage (The Skeleton re-animated)
(c. 1805-1808)
in The Grave, A Poem by Robert Blair, published by Robert Cromek, London, 1808 (quarto issue)

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
34.3 × 27.5 cm (image and sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Bentley 1977, 435B.1; Bindman 1978, 465; Butlin & Gott 44b
Inscription
printed in ink u.c.l.-l.c.l.: THE / GRAVE, / A Poem. / Illustrated by twelve Etchings / Executed / BY / LOUIS SCHIAVONETTI, / From the Original / Inventions / OF / WILLIAM BLAKE. / 1808.
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn by W. Blake
printed in ink l.r.: Etched by L. Schiavonetti.
printed in ink l.c.: London, Published May 1. 1808, by R. H. Cromek, No. (o in superscript over . ) 64. Newman Street.
Accession Number
3153-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1954
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Gallery location
Not on display