NURSES Song, from: Songs of Experience
$500
WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
NURSES Song, from: Songs of Experience
relief etching
the design printed in colours, the text printed in pale green, finished by hand with watercolour
circa 1793
on wove paper, without watermark
from the exceptionally rare First Issue, circa 1794, Copy G, Plate 38
printed by William Blake, hand coloured by William or Catherine Blake
with wide margins, with five stab holes at the left edge
Plate 107 x 67 mm.
Sheet 180 x 118 mm.


