1980: With Corroding Fires: William Blake as Poet, Printmaker and Painter
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- 1980: With Corroding Fires: William Blake as Poet, Printmaker and Painter
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- This symposium and exhibition was sponsored jointly by Skidmore College and Union College. It brought speakers on Blake from research institutions across the east coast and included a workshop on Blake’s printing methods by Joseph Viscomi. A description of the program can be accessed below. An exhibition featuring original engravings by Blake, contemporary works, and Trianon Press facsimiles was held in conjunction with the two-day symposium and traveled from one institution to the other over a period of several months. The Friends of the Union College Library published a full catalog of the exhibition by Union College Professor of English James McCord.
- Exhibit Catalog
- Symposium Program
- Item sets
- Blake at Union
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