William Blake, painter and poet (page 78 inset)

Sweeping the Parlour in the Interpreter's House.
An illustration extracted from page 78 of William Blake, painter and poet by Richard Garnett Publisher: London, Seeley. The removed caption was Sweeping the Parlour in the Interpreter's House. The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour
Print
historical subject; intaglio print
ca. 1822
White-line metal cut engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Sheet: 7 x 9 1/8 inches (17.8 x 23.2 cm)Plate: 3 1/8 x 6 3/8 inches (7.9 x 16.2 cm)
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "Extremely rare"; lower center: "'Sweeping the Interpreter's House,' From the Pilgrim's Progress, See [...] ; [...] and Lord C[...] Sale Lot [...] 8"
not signed, not dated
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Provenance: Greville Macdonald, by 1913 to 1927; (Francis Edwards, 1927) from whom purchased by Ruthven Todd (Sotheby's, 11 December 1973, lot. 25, bt. Tunick); (David Tunick) (Christie's, 4 July 1979, lot. 173, bt. Baskett and Day for Paul Mellon).
B1981.25.769
http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1670869
men; dust; wings; steps; broom; historical subject; clouds; beard; women; angel
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Yale Center for British Art