Three framed artworks with text: "Life Death Immortality," "Life Death Friendship," and "Night Time Narcissa," featuring abstract illustrations.

Night the First, Night the Second, Night the Third

€945

Three framed artworks with text: "Life Death Immortality," "Life Death Friendship," and "Night Time Narcissa," featuring abstract illustrations.

William Blake

Night the First, Night the Second, Night the Third

€945

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Our new limited edition triptych with Sir John Soane's Museum, London, revives a rare series of book illustrations by Romantic master William Blake.

Night the First, Night the Second, Night the Third comprises three prints based on Blake's watercolour title pages for Edward Young's celebrated 18th-century poem, The Complaint, and the Consolation – a vast and ambitious project that profoundly shaped his poetic and artistic vision. Created around 1795, these original works form part of a small and rarely seen series that bridges Blake's commercial commissions and the luminous, expressive style that came to define British Romanticism.

Each edition is authenticated with a debossed Museum stamp and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Will Gompertz, Deborah Loeb Brice Director, Sir John Soane’s Museum.

By collecting this work, supporters directly contribute to Sir John Soane's Museum – the architect's former London home, where his collection remains displayed exactly as he left it on his death in 1837.

I am delighted that Sir John Soane’s Museum is collaborating with Avant Arte on making these exquisite William Blake images available. The care and craft the team have applied in producing the three gorgeous prints has been incredible - as are the results!

Will Gompertz, Deborah Loeb Brice Director, Sir John Soane’s Museum

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Our master printmaker Tom Murphy discusses our debut collaboration with Sir John Soane's Museum, which revives a rare series of book illustrations by William Blake.
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