The Art of William Blake

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Excerpt from The Art of William Blake: His Sketch-Book, His Water-Colours, His Painted BooksThe preparation of any work on Blake involves much study of materials accessible only through the kindness of private owners. I owe to Mr. W. A. White of Brooklyn, New York, the privilege of freely examining his collection of Blake's works, from which the principal reproductions in the present volume have been made. Without this assistance I should not have been able to get beyond a first superficial impression of Blake's characteristics as an artist, and in his case it is more than usually true that first impressions are misleading.I have to acknowledge the courtesy of the authorities of the Boston Museum in furnishing me with photographs of the water colours by Blake in their possession, and I owe to the authorities of the Metropolitan Museum a similar favour.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.