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This is a photograph of the cover of an old book. The cover has a marbled pattern using shades of red and black, with a textured maroon leather spine and corners. There is a blue circular sticker at the top left corner near the spine and a small beige label covered in a transparent tape at the bottom of the spine. The marbling creates a cloud-like effect across the surface with the leather details adding a vintage feel. The corners and edges show slight wear.
National Gallery of Art · Volume
Ballads
William Hayley (author) and William Blake (artist)
- Date
- 1805
- Medium
- bound volume with text and 5 etchings with engraving on wove paper
- Dimensions
- page size: 16.2 × 9.1 cm (6 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.) book: 16.5 × 10.5 × 2 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/8 × 13/16 in.)
- Classification
- Volume · Print
- Accession number
- 1943.17.1
- Credit line
- Gift of Lincoln Kirstein
- Time span
- 1801 to 1825
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- etching
- British
Inscription
in gold tooled letters on spine of half red Morocco binding: BAYLEY'S / BALLADS / 1805; on title page: BALLADS / BY / WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq / FOUNDED ON / ANECDOTES RELATING TO ANIMALS / WITH / PRINTS / DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM BLAKE / Chichester, Printed by J. Seagrave; / FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE-STREET, / BLACKFRIAR, LONDON. / 1805
NGA object ID 30239. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.