Lot 56 , William Blake (British, 1757-1827), four plates from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil", wood engravings, 2.5 x 7.3cm

William Blake (British, 1757-1827)
four plates from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"
wood engravings
probably late 19th/early 20th century reprints; Blasted trees and flattened crops, a Rolling Stone is ever bare of moss, Thenot remonstrates with Colinet, the Shepherd chases away a wolf
2.5 x 7.3cm
£400-600

Condition:
All four prints have been cropped leaving a small margin at the border and then laid down onto a thin paper backing, then tabbed down to the later card mount, condition on all four is good, top left has a whiter paper than the others, mount in fair condition, no discernible watermarks, housed in a perspex frame with a Galerie du Monde Ltd of Hong Kong framer's label.