Le bal chez l'amiral
A fine strong impression from the final edition of 25 printed in 1968 (see introduction)
Signed by the artist in pencil
Printed with strong even tone on heavy wove paper with the Lafranca blindstamp
presumably aside from the edition of 10 only
Ciampolo tormented by the Devils Nicholson Ben Le bal chez l'amiralEngraving, 1827 approx. 278x354mm [385x455mm] Ref: Binyon 128 state ii ii; Bindman 648; Bentley 448 Literature: Todd, Ruthven, Blake's Dante Plates, Book Collecting & Library Monthly, London, 1968; Essick, R. N., The Printings of Blake's Dante Engravings, Blake, An Illustrated Quarterly, Rochester, N. Y., Winter 1990 1991, pp 80 90; Bindman, David, William Blake The Divine Comedy, Bibliotheque de l'Image, Paris, 2000. Plate 2 of the illustrations to