Lot Details
Lot 11
William Blake (1757-1827)
CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMS (ESSICK 16)
Etching, engraving and drypoint, 1810, on Rives BFK paper, fourth state of four, from the Charles Sessler edition printed by Ernest D. Roth in 1941, with margins, unframed.
14 x 38 inches; 356 x 965 mm.
Sheet 16 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches; 419 x 997 mm.
C
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for $4,062 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Pale lightstain, pale matstain verso, pale foxing, minor printer's ink or soiling outside the image and verso, a few small faint handling creases outside the image, a faint vertical soft crease outside the image at bottom (only visible in certain light), pale dampstaining at left sheet edge (extending to, but not visible in the image), some small areas of discoloration at top right sheet corner, otherwise in good condition.
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