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Post by Colleen on Nov 27, 2007 12:04:08 GMT -5
Now on display at Rauner Special Collections Library:
"Engraved by the Hands of Angels": The Literary Illustrations of William Blake
Celebrate the 250th birthday of William Blake, poet, painter, printer, and visionary, with an exhibition of his literary illustrations. On view are a proof-set of his Illustrations of the Book of Job, plates from a stunning full-color facsimile of the Paradise Lost watercolors, the masterpiece engraving Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, a selection of books demonstrating Blake's career as a commercial illustrator, and other items from the Library's extensive collection of Blake materials.
The exhibition was curated by Laura Braunstein and will be on display in the Class of 1965 Galleries through January 31, 2008.
"It is certain that the pictures deserve to be engraved by the hands of angels..."
-- William Blake, letter to William Hayley, 22 June 1804
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