My Pretty ROSE TREE, AH! SUN-FLOWER, THE LILLY, from: Songs of Experience
$500
WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
My Pretty ROSE TREE, AH! SUN-FLOWER, THE LILLY, from: Songs of Experience
relief etching
the design printed in colours, the text printed in ochre, finished by hand with watercolour
circa 1793
on wove paper, without watermark
from the exceptionally rare First Issue, circa 1794, Copy G,
Plate 43
printed by William Blake, hand coloured by William or Catherine Blake
with wide margins
Plate 108 x 69 mm.
Sheet 182 x 107 mm.