“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, “Frontispiece / Europe A Prophecy” (1794–1821), relief-etching, printed in color, with hand coloring, and heightened with gold, c. 1821; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge ...

A crackling collection of experimental prints by William Blake resurrects the English poet-painter in all his radical frenzy, and foretells the limits of political art.

This etching of a small face may be one of William Blake's earliest engravings.© Bodleian Libraries / University of Oxford The etchings were discovered using ARCHiOx scanning technology, which ...

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 ...

Much like etching a PCB, Blake started with a copper sheet, writing and drawing his works backwards with stopping varnish, an acid-resistant varnish that sticks around after a nitric acid bath.

“The Ancient of Days,” from "Europe a Prophecy," printed 1795, William Blake (British, 1757–1827), color-printed relief etching in dark brown with pen and black ink, oil, and watercolor ...

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 ...

Ghost of a Flea Though Blake pioneered the art of 'relief etching', its palette of inky blues, bloody reds and dull golds were actually often applied by his wife, Catherine.

Have you ever tried reading the poetry of William Blake (1757-1827)? Not the good stuff, such as The Tyger, which is mercifully short. No, I’m talking about Blake’s bizarre epics: obscure ...