N",,10n(1795)
In tbiJ larK', t~ry 1K",,"pJ;'b.d "'lour prim, It"", "',,;:ron ir Jbm:.·n Inl1i/y
J7ltioflllli~ing lb, un;"""'" ,;:itb lb, aid of a pair of "''"pm"'' Blah tIS,'idd ,b,
/Nxkground into"'" brigh' and on, dark ",ti ... , impJying tbat tb. gr,a'
ma,bnnatilian and pir!,i';" ""'ugb, no, mlighwunm' bu, a ~dJm nigbt_tim"
Blah b.1i<tJI!d tbal UTtim ala", "Yr' "'palm </ tIS,-;", inrigbt and tbat tb, t<JlJl "'o1f
abayJ Jtruggling to fr" imlf frum ,b, ",nfin" of "am" and organi~d n4igio"but th~ hc h.d known ~" m.ny yearS thmugh Another of his tcchniqu.s ,,-!S mOre akin tn
his u,lIe",i,., "f engravings. monoprinting. l ie took impressions dire",
Blake's spccial printing P"'ttSS invoh'ed from the I",in",d surfutt uf stout p."ebo.n]
t"'n,krring r"""'<£"<] im.!:"s of his words and and ",fined the <k:t:tils in ink and ext'" p.in~
pi",ur.s Onn, u'I"'" I~ate in .n .cid.resisting P"''''rSdy. if llhkc h.d bcm tich mough n,
ink. Afn::r etehing in acid. it pmduttd, rdid .ffi",] lett"'pn:ss printing and fine p.inting
illl'ge. which u,uld ridd dOl£ns mOn: u~,ies. malL"rial •. his worlo w<",ld su",ly ha,'c lost its
llhke .nd his wifc hand_u~our,,1 coch I" int idio;yncratic edge and the tangihle sense of
indi'idrnlly. using cheap c.mdh.it brushes. i",ol",mcnt with his mcssage.