William Blake’s “Heads of the Poets” for Turret House the residence of William Hayley Felpham

by William. Conran Blake, intro, G. L.

$25 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

Wythenshaw, Manchester: The William Morris Press, n.d. Oblong folio, 43 pages, 24 illustrations. Pictorial wrapper with light wear. § Retraces the history of the 18 Heads of the Poets tempera paintings that were created by Blake for his patron William Hayley. Includes a lengthy narrative and an annotated, illustrated catalogue. Conran was the director of the City of Manchester Art Gallery, which acquired the paintings in 1885. Not in Bentley. Uncommon. Item

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