The Resource William Blake in the desolate market, G.E. Bentley Jr
William Blake in the desolate market, G.E. Bentley Jr
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The item William Blake in the desolate market, G.E. Bentley Jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bryn Athyn College, Swedenborg Library.
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- Summary
- "G.E. Bentley, Jr., the dean of Blake scholars, details the poet's occupations as a commercial engraver, print-seller, teacher, copperplate printer, painter, publisher, and vendor of his own books. In his early career as a commercial engraver, Blake was modestly prosperous, but thereafter his fortunes declined. For his most ambitious commercial designs, he made hundreds of folio designs and scores of engravings, but was paid scarcely more than twenty pounds for two or three years' work. His invention of illuminated printing lost money, and many of his greatest works, such as Jerusalem, were left unsold at his death. He came to believe that his 'business is not to gather gold, but to make glorious shapes.' William Blake in the Desolate Market is an investigation of Blake's labours to support himself by his arts. The changing prices of his works, his costs and receipts, as well as his patrons and employers are expertly gathered and displayed to show the material side of the artistic career in Britain's Romantic period."--Publisher's Web site
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 244 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Blake in the marketplace
- Blake as a commercial engraver, 1772-1827
- "A blaze of reputation": The Mathew Salon and Poetical sketches (1783)
- The print shop, 1784-1785
- Blake as a teacher, 1784-1827
- Blakes as printers, 1784-1827
- Blake as a painter, 1779-1827
- Blake as publisher of works in conventional typography
- Blake's works in illuminated printing, 1789-1827
- Summary of Blake's career
- Appendix: Blake's patrons
- Isbn
- 9780773543065
- Label
- William Blake in the desolate market
- Title
- William Blake in the desolate market
- Statement of responsibility
- G.E. Bentley Jr
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "G.E. Bentley, Jr., the dean of Blake scholars, details the poet's occupations as a commercial engraver, print-seller, teacher, copperplate printer, painter, publisher, and vendor of his own books. In his early career as a commercial engraver, Blake was modestly prosperous, but thereafter his fortunes declined. For his most ambitious commercial designs, he made hundreds of folio designs and scores of engravings, but was paid scarcely more than twenty pounds for two or three years' work. His invention of illuminated printing lost money, and many of his greatest works, such as Jerusalem, were left unsold at his death. He came to believe that his 'business is not to gather gold, but to make glorious shapes.' William Blake in the Desolate Market is an investigation of Blake's labours to support himself by his arts. The changing prices of his works, his costs and receipts, as well as his patrons and employers are expertly gathered and displayed to show the material side of the artistic career in Britain's Romantic period."--Publisher's Web site
- Additional physical form
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- NLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1930-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bentley, G. E.
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR4146
- LC item number
- .B378 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Blake, William
- Blake, William
- Engravers
- Poets, English
- Label
- William Blake in the desolate market, G.E. Bentley Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Blake in the marketplace -- Blake as a commercial engraver, 1772-1827 -- "A blaze of reputation": The Mathew Salon and Poetical sketches (1783) -- The print shop, 1784-1785 -- Blake as a teacher, 1784-1827 -- Blakes as printers, 1784-1827 -- Blake as a painter, 1779-1827 -- Blake as publisher of works in conventional typography -- Blake's works in illuminated printing, 1789-1827 -- Summary of Blake's career -- Appendix: Blake's patrons
- Control code
- ocn865225378
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xx, 244 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780773543065
- Lccn
- 2014407772
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)865225378
- Label
- William Blake in the desolate market, G.E. Bentley Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-214) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: Blake in the marketplace -- Blake as a commercial engraver, 1772-1827 -- "A blaze of reputation": The Mathew Salon and Poetical sketches (1783) -- The print shop, 1784-1785 -- Blake as a teacher, 1784-1827 -- Blakes as printers, 1784-1827 -- Blake as a painter, 1779-1827 -- Blake as publisher of works in conventional typography -- Blake's works in illuminated printing, 1789-1827 -- Summary of Blake's career -- Appendix: Blake's patrons
- Control code
- ocn865225378
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xx, 244 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780773543065
- Lccn
- 2014407772
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)865225378
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