William Blake, English 1757–1827
Date1962
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
Illustration CitationEtchings of Ten Favorite Artists. New York: Delphic Arts, 1963.
MediumEtching and soft ground
Dimensionsplate: 17 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (45.1 × 37.5 cm)
sheet: 29 3/8 × 20 5/8 in. (74.6 × 52.4 cm)
sheet: 29 3/8 × 20 5/8 in. (74.6 × 52.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-5
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextOver his career, Leonard Baskin produced more than forty images of the poet and painter William Blake, whose illustrated books inspired Baskin to found his own press, the Gehenna Press, in 1942.