47. William Blake, title plate, Songs of
Experience. Relief etching, 12.4 x 7.2 cm., etched 1794, color printed
and finished in watercolors 1794. Songs of Innocence and of Experience
copy T1, 1794. National Gallery of Canada,
Ottawa. Detail of pillars and figures, computer enhanced by changing the
contrast and midtones to reveal the escarpments and other unprinted areas
before they were painted over. This pattern of color printing matches
what we see in the Songs of Innocence and of Experience copy F
(illus. 46a) and copy G (illus. 46b) impressions, both printed in the
same session with this copy T1 impression. |