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44a. William Blake, The First Book
of Urizen copy D, plate 1. Relief etching, 14.9 x 10.3 cm.,
etched 1794, color printed and finished in watercolors 1794. British
Museum. Detail showing that ink mixes with
or shows through colors printed on top of it, but is covered
by colors brushed over it on the impression. Printed colors are
reticulated, but colors applied to the impression, like the gray
between the tablets and above the figure's head, are flatter and
smoother and have more opacity. |
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