“God Judging Adam,” 1795 (color-printed relief etching finished in pen and ink and watercolor), by William Blake. ©Tate Gallery William Blake (1757-1827) worked until just before his death ...

William Blake, “Albion’s Angel rose / Europe A Prophecy” (1794–1821), relief-etching, printed in color, with hand coloring, and heightened with gold c. 1821; The Fitzwilliam Museum ...

Plate 8 from “America, a Prophecy,” printed about 1807, by William Blake. Color-printed relief etching with pen and ink and watercolor. Credit... Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.

Each Blake print is smaller than a letter-sized sheet of paper, and was produced through a process known as relief etching. After painting the images on a copper plate with an acid-resistant varnish, ...

William Blake Was Etching Copper In 1790 October 30, 2023 by Kristina Panos 11 Comments You may know William Blake as a poet, or even as #38 in the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.

After Robert’s untimely death, William believed that his deceased brother spoke to him and was a source of his inspiration, helping him discover the technique of “relief etching,” which ...

A major exhibition on William Blake's work, titled "William Blake: Visionary," is now on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles through Jan. 14, 2024.

A Sotheby's New York spokesperson stated: 'William Blake, the visionary poet and artist, was renowned for his unique method of relief-etching, allowing him to combine text and illustration in his ...