1923 antique print after William Blake, gilt frame, vintage framed art

Genuine antique 100 year old, rarely offered, miniature line block print, mechanically produced in a limited quantity for an art journal of the period dated 1923. Delightful print after a wood engraving, created by William Blake in 1821. It is part of a series of 17 illustrations Blake created for Dr. Robert John Thornton's third edition of The Pastorals of Virgil. These illustrations are considered masterpieces of wood engraving and were a new medium for Blake at the age of 64. Newly framed with ornate gilt and custom double mount behind glass. 

24cm x 17cm frame

8cm x 5cm artwork 

“William Blake (1757-1827) was a visionary English poet, painter, and printmaker of the Romantic era, known for his unique mystical visions, fervent imagination, and complex symbolic art and verse.  Born in London to a working-class family, he showed early artistic talent. He developed his own techniques for illuminated printing, combining text and image, and produced profound works exploring spirituality, social injustice, and human existence, though many contemporaries deemed him eccentric or mad.”