William Blake and the Art of Engraving

Mei-Ying Sung

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Sung closely examines William Blake’s extant engraved copper plates, a previously under-used resource, and arrives at a new interpretation of his working process. Thirty-nine engraved copper plates survive, including twenty-two for illustrations for the Book of Job. Sung argues that hammer marks to the reverse of the plates point to high levels of repoussage, suggesting that Blake revised and corrected his work more than was previously thought. This belies the Romantic ideal that the acts of conception and execution are simultaneous in the creative process.

"'this is a painstaking study that enlightens both the technical and literary understanding of Blake's works.'"

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

CONTENTS
pp v-v

Abbreviation
pp vi-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-x

Introduction
pp 1-18

1 - The History of the Theory of Conception and Execution
pp 19-44

2 - The Evidence of Copper Plates
pp 45-60

3 - Blake's Engraved Copper Plates
pp 61-118

4 - Copper Plate Makers in Blake's Time
pp 119-140

5 - Blake's Virgil Woodcuts and the Earliest Re-Engravers
pp 141-164

Conclusion
pp 165-168

Notes
pp 169-198

Works Cited
pp 199-212

Index
pp 213-220

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