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English 496: William Blake's Text and Art: Blake the Engraver

William Blake's Printing Process (2:25 min)

Illuminated Printing

Blake's Illuminated Printing Method: Archive Exhibition
Blake's illuminated printing method explained in an archive exhibition by Joseph Viscomi
Illuminated Printing
"A method of printing which combines the painter and the poet" (William Blake) - description of the process

William Blake's Printing Process (8:09 min)

William Blake Prints and Print Culture

How the Prints Are Made
Gallery of Relief-etched Copper Plates
Reading and Print Culture
How did rising literacy rates, libraries and new technologies influence literature and reading habits during the eighteenth century?