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Book/Printed Material For children: The gates of Paradise Gates of Paradise

[ LC copy under call number PR4144.F6 1793; 2024 scan ]

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[ LC copy under call number PR4144.F6 1793 ]
[ LC copy under call number PR4144.F6 1793a; 2024 scan ]
[ LC copy under call number PR4144.F6 1793a ]

About this Item

Title

  • For children: The gates of Paradise

Other Title

  • Gates of Paradise

Names

  • Blake, William, 1757-1827
  • Beckford, William, 1760-1844, former owner
  • Hanrott, Philip Augustus, former owner
  • Locker-Lampson, Frederick, 1821-1895, former owner
  • MacGeorge, Bernard Buchanan, 1845?-1924, former owner
  • Moss, William E., 1875-1952, former owner
  • Tatham, Frederick, 1805-1878, former owner
  • White, William Augustus, 1821-1898, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Lambeth, W. Burke, 1793.

Headings

  • -  England--London--Lambeth

Notes

  • -  Engraved on 18 leaves (including title page).
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1813
  • -  Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921) 52D, 52A
  • -  Both copies are also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy: title page and 2 leaves from the author's For the sexes: the gates of Paradise [ca. 1810?] inserted.
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Federick Tatham, Frederick Locker (with his bookplate) W.A. White.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-12-17 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-11 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-18 update (1 card)

Medium

  • [1] leaf, 17 plates. 14 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR4144 .F6 1793
  • PR4144 .F6 1793a Another issue, Rosenwald 1813A. Without imprint on title page and plates. Copy 52A in Keynes' Bibliography. For variations from other copies Cf. Philadelphia Museum of Art. William Blake ... a descriptive catalogue. 1939, no. 31. Provenance: P.A. Hanrott, William Beckford, B.B. MacGeorge, W.E. Moss.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49034231

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Blake, William, William Beckford, Philip Augustus Hanrott, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Bernard Buchanan Macgeorge, William E Moss, Frederick Tatham, William Augustus White, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. For children: The gates of Paradise. Lambeth, W. Burke, 1793. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/49034231/.

APA citation style:

Blake, W., Beckford, W., Hanrott, P. A., Locker-Lampson, F., Macgeorge, B. B., Moss, W. E. [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1793) For children: The gates of Paradise. Lambeth, W. Burke. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/49034231/.

MLA citation style:

Blake, William, et al. For children: The gates of Paradise. Lambeth, W. Burke, 1793. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/49034231/>.