Illustration for Canto IV
Pormenores
- Número de inventário
- 1983.103.2.d
Entretanto, na vida de William Blake
A vida inteira1780–1808
Exhibits six times at the Royal Academy
Despite his antagonism towards Reynolds, Blake submitted works to the Royal Academy on six occasions between 1780 and 1808.
1785–1791 · Residência
Poland Street
1788
Invents relief etching
In 1788, aged 31, Blake invented relief etching, or “illuminated printing”: text and designs are drawn on a copper plate in acid-resistant ink and etched so that the protected areas stand in relief, and the printed pages are coloured by hand in watercolours. He used it for most of his well-known works, including “Songs of Innocence and of Experience”, “The Book of Thel”, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” and “Jerusalem”.
![Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8f29e3c9-a289-4d53-abf0-31a66e9e98fa/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/ff62e8d0-45c4-498f-ad36-6358de827e04/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![Time's Triple Bow [recto], William Blake, c. 1804/1807](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/e03b3d01-add6-4c29-912a-79fdfd8067a2/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
![An Ascending Spiral of Figures [recto], William Blake, probably c. 1820](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/4b46b349-c6de-4c90-bf14-394ac054be51/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
