Sotheby's: Prints : Lot 21
William Blake , 1757-1827 A Cradle Song: both plates (Bindman 62 and 63; Bentley pls. 16 and 17)
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Relief etchings printed in light brown, with extensive hand-coloring in watercolor and additions in black ink, numbered 15 and 16 , respectively, in gray ink in the upper right corners, on wove paper with partial Buttanshaw watermarks, with unusually wide margins, stitching holes (partly filled in) in the left margin, with some pale discoloration around the images and slightly darker discoloration and some minor foxing in the extreme sheet edges, the first also with a small paper flaw in the center right margin, just outside the image and some tiny nicks and folds in the margin edges, otherwise both in good condition (2 prints)
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