Episodes in the Iliad. Engravings by T. Piroli and W. Blake after J. Flaxman, 1805.

  • Homer.
Date:
March 1 1805
Reference:
30913i
  • Pictures

About this work

Publication/Creation

London (Paternoster Row) : Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme ; [London] (Pall Mall) : R. H. Evans ; [London] (Albemarle Street) : W. Miller ; [London] (Cornhill) : I. & A. Arch, March 1 1805.

Physical description

1 album (37 prints) : engravings ; sheets 28 x 42.2 cm

Lettering

The Iliad of Homer; engraved from the compositions of Iohn Flaxman R.A. sculptor, London. Engraved legends: excerpts from Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad

References note

Robert N. Essick, William Blake's commercial book illustrations, 46
G.E. Bentley, Jr., 'The journeyman and the genius: James Parker and his partner William Blake with a list of Parker's engravings', Studies in bibliography, 1996, 49: 208-231 (p. 230)

Notes

Comprises engraved title page and 39 prints numbered on the plate "Plate 1"-"Plate 39", of which 34 are engraved by Tommaso Piroli, 3 by William Blake and 2 by James Parker

Reference

Wellcome Collection 30913i

Type/Technique

Languages

Holdings

  • Album containing plates 1-35 and 38-39

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