“Hiding of Moses,” William Blake, Remember Me! A New Year's Gift or Christmas Present for 1825
Dublin Core
Title
“Hiding of Moses,” William Blake, Remember Me! A New Year's Gift or Christmas Present for 1825
Subject
Literary Annual Defined
Description
In order to attract their readers, publishers paid exorbitant prices to “borrow” original paintings and have them rendered as engravings. A single portrait required anywhere between twenty and two hundred guineas for borrowing fees and up to two hundred guineas for the engraver’s fees. Artists, like poet William Blake, frequently loaned their own artwork and received not only public gratitude but free advertising for their work which in turn increased the value of their paintings as well as their names. (from Harris' Forget Me Not: The Rise of the British Literary Annual)
Publisher
I. Poole
Date
1825
Format
octavo: 5x7"
Type
engraving
Collection
Citation
““Hiding of Moses,” William Blake, Remember Me! A New Year's Gift or Christmas Present for 1825,” Book Club of California, accessed April 26, 2024, https://bccbooks.omeka.net/items/show/8.