The Illuminated Books of William Blake Re-created
This video was made for the exhibition at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles William Blake: Visionary ending 14 January 2024 and filmed at the Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop.
Michael Phillips has re-created the original relief-etched copper plates of William Blake's illuminated books that disappeared in the nineteenth century. Impressions are printed on old papers using historic pigments that have been mixed to match the same coloured inks that Blake used.
Prints available for purchase
A selection of prints are available to purchase directly online, and all plates are available to be printed on demand.
Browse the current selection of prints available for purchase now, or click here to see a complete list of all of the replica relief-etched copper plates of the Illuminated Books that have been re-created, used in printing, and that are available to print to order.
A few of the Limited Edition sets also remain available for purchase, please use the Limited Edition sets link in the navigation to view.
