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Drawings of William Blake: 92 Pencil Studies
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From hasty sketches to remarkably detailed first drafts, these plates show the full range of Blake's troubled genius. Composed in the first flush of creativity, 92 plates showcase the artist's finest pencil drawings, selected from Book of Job, Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, vision...  read more
 


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Product Description:

From hasty sketches to remarkably detailed first drafts, these plates show the full range of Blake's troubled genius. Composed in the first flush of creativity, 92 plates showcase the artist's finest pencil drawings, selected from Book of Job, Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, visionary heads, mythological figures, Laocoön, and more.
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Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486223035
ISBN 13: 9780486223032
Author/Editor: William Blake, Geoffrey Keynes
Format: Book
Page Count: 192
Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 11
Publication date: March 2012

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