illustration 40
40. William Blake, Europe a Prophecy copy H, plate 1. Relief etching, 23.4 x 16.7 cm., etched 1794, printed 1795. Typ 6500 41 (A) F, Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library. Detail of bottom edge of plate showing traces of ink spilling over from relief areas, similar to the effect in some color prints, but not indicative of two pulls from the plate.