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English: Gates-sexes d p4 300 Copy D. Morgan Library and Museum, New York, USA

Русский: Уильям Блейк: "Вода" из книги "Для лиц обоего пола. Врата Рая". Копия D, Лист 4, 1793/ок.1820 Библиотека Моргана, Нью-Йорк, США

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Title: For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise Origination: William Blake: author, inventor, delineator, etcher, printer Origination: Catherine Blake: printer Publisher: William Blake Place of Publication: London Note: "Lambeth" (a suburb of London) is given as the place of publication on plates 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, and 17. This refers to the place of publication of For Children: The Gates of Paradise in 1793. Blake lived in London during the revisions to plates 1-18, the etching and engraving of plates 19-21, and the printing of this copy. Date: 1793 Composition Date: 1793, c. 1820 Note: Plates 1-18 first etched and engraved in 1793, revised c. 1820; plates 19-21 etched and engraved c. 1820. The work is based on designs Blake drew in his Notebook; some of these sketches may have been executed c. 1790-92. Print Date: c. 1825 Number of Objects: 21 Object Order: 1-21 Note: Bentley plate numbers are used unless otherwise stated. Object Size: platemarks ranging in size between 10.5 x 7.4 cm. and 6.1 x 4.2 cm. Number of Leaves: 21 Leaf Size: 22.8 x 14.3 cm. Medium: intaglio etching/engraving Note: The numbers, 17-19, appearing lower right on objects 19-21 are in pen and ink. These numbers were probably written by Blake. Printing Style: intaglio Ink Color: black Support: wove paper Watermark: J Whatman/1825 Note: The watermark appears on plates 3, 8, 16, and 17. Etched Numbers: 1-16 lower left on plates 3-18 Penned Numbers: 17-19 lower right on plates 19-21 Note: These numbers were probably written by Blake. Frame Lines: none Binding: contemporary or near-contemporary half brown calf over marbled boards Stab Holes: originally stabbed through 3 holes, 6.9 cm. from the top and 3.6 cm. apart Provenance

Name: Morgan Library and Museum Date: 1973 Dealer: gift Price: gift Note: Probably Frederick Tatham; Thomas Boddington by 1833; sold from Boddington's library, Sotheby's, 4 Nov. 1895, lot 94 (£21 to the dealer Bernard Quaritch acting for William A. White); the dealer A. S. W. Rosenbach by 1929; Mrs. Landon K. Thorne no earlier than 1945 (the year of the last Rosenbach catalogue offering the book for sale); given by Thorne to The Pierpont Morgan Library in 1973. Present Location

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Alternative names	W. Blake; Uil'iam Bleik; Blake
Description	English-British painter, poet, theologian, collector, printmaker and illustrator
Date of birth/death	28 November 1757	12 August 1827
Location of birth/death	London	London
Work location	London; Felpham
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Title: For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise Object 4 Bentley 4 Erdman 2 Keynes 2 Origination: William Blake author, inventor, delineator, etcher, printer Origination: Catherine Blake printer Publisher: William BlakeLondon Publication Date: 1793 Date of Composition: 1793, c. 1820 Print Date: c. 1820 Present Location and Contact Information

  Morgan Library and Museum
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  New York, NY 10016
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