Blake, William, 1757-1827

Date: 1794 - 1979

From: [Various artists] :Postcards depicting illuminated manuscripts and a frontispiece from the Sir George Grey Collection, Auckland Public Library. 1979

Reference: E-278-q-087

Description: Frontispiece to Blakes 1794 book `Europe a prophecy' showing God holding a pair of dividers. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 152 x 102 mm

Date: 2001

From: Recordings relating to National Library Gallery exhibitions, events and promotions

By: National Library Gallery (N.Z.)

Reference: OHColl-0381

Description: Recordings of events held in association with the exhibition "Burning Bright - the Visionary Art of William Blake 1757-1827" which was held in the National Library Gallery 1/12/2000 to 8/4/2001. Includes readings by Jenny Bornholdt and Gregory O'Brien, and lectures by Heidi Thomson and David Maskill. Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT10-0288 - OHT10-0290 Quantity: 3 10" reel(s). 3 event(s).

Date: 1777

From: Hodges, William, 1728-1779 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's second voyage. W Hodges delt; sculp. by various hands] - London, 1776-1777

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Basire, James, 1730-1802; Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: C-051-006

Description: Head and shoulders view of a Vanuatuan woman, with a child looking over her right shoulder. She has her hair enclosed in a fabric turban, and a shell is suspended with links as a form of necklace, but attached to both ears From a drawing by William Hodges, made from life on Cook's 2nd voyage, now in National Library of Australia Poet and artist William Blake was an apprentice of 5 years' standing at the time this work was engraved in the workshop of James Basire in London. He may well have had a hand in the engraving. See Rudiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, Vol 2, p. 110 for futher details. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage towards the South Pole. (London, 1777) Pl. 45 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 314 x 247 mm on sheet 560 x 480 mm

Date: 1790

By: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764; Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: C-048-002

Description: One of a series of views purporting to illustrate Gay's Beggar's Opera, but actually satirising class differences and (in this case) the legal profession and legal practice in England. Polly Peachum is on her knees pleading for the life of MacHeath in a courtroom Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 454 x 579 mm

Date: 1776

From: Hodges, William, 1728-1779 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's second voyage. W Hodges delt; sculp. by various hands] - London, 1776-1777

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Basire, James, 1730-1802; Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: C-051-005

Description: A half-length frontal portrait of a Tierra del Fuegan man, with shoulder-length hair and a cloak attached on his right shoulder. Poet and artist William Blake was an apprentice of 5 years' standing in the studio of the engraver, Basire, at the time this portrait was engraved. He may well have had a hand in the work Extended Title - Published in: Cook, J. A voyage towards the South Pole. London, 1777. Pl. 27 from a drawing on Cook's 2nd voyage Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 312 x 247 mm on sheet 560 x 480 mm

Date: 1995

Reference: Eph-C-TAKI-RUA-1995

Description: Comprises posters relating to Taki Rua productions during 1995. Posters for the following events: "Think of a garden", by John Kneubuhl. 8 March - 8 April 1995. Directed by Nathaniel Lees. "Stefan Wolf & the Madding Crowd". Music performance. 24-25 February 1995. Fringe Festival 1995. Te Ohu Mahi a Iwi presents "Tyger Tyger burning bright"; a performance based on the work and times of poet and prophet William Blake. 21-24 February, 1995. Quantity: 3 posters.. Physical Description: Photolithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Some posters donated by Taki Rua Theatre in 1997.

Date: 2000 - 2009

Reference: Eph-C-TURNBULL-2000/2009

Description: Includes: Burning Bright; The visionary art of William Blake 1757-1857. National Library Gallery, 1 December 2000-25 March 2001. (2 copies). Kahungunu Ka Moe...Ka Puta - Te Parekereketanga a nga Rangatira; [Portraits of Kahungunu] from photographs of Samuel Carnell. Wairoa Museum, 6 February-30 April 2005. Local woman joins a world famous family history library. [Article in the Wellingtonian on Turnbull music librarian, Jill Palmer, at the time that she spent a year in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City. Article dated 22 June 2006.] Oral history celebrates zoo's centenary. [Article in the Wellingtonian about handing over an oral history on Wellington Zoo to the Alexander Turnbull Library, 22 june 2006.] She was just cut out to be a librarian. [Dominion Post article on Janet Horncy, retiring Alexander Turnbull librarian, 19 August 2005.] The Big Picture; A selection of paintings and sketchbooks from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. National Library Gallery, 11 April-22 June 2003. (3 copies). The first Wednesday Club invites you to hear Margaret Calder, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library. Eastbourne Library, 6 August 2003. Three items consist of pages from the Wellingtonian newspaper containing articles relating to the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, sizes varying up to 500 x 350 mm. Provenance: Donated at various times.

Date: 1990

From: Jagger, Bryony, 1948- : Papers

By: Jagger, Bryony Maglona Patricia, 1948-; Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: MS-Papers-4799-04

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1987-1992

From: Macky, Willow, 1921-2006 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Taylor, Joan D, active 1991

Reference: MS-Papers-8762-06

Description: Includes receipts, rough notes, corrected proofs, final draft, notes on Augueries of innocence Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1947-1949 ; rev 1988

From: Farquhar, David Andross, 1928-2007 : Music scores, papers and sound recordings

By: Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: f-81-029-324

Description: Contents: Laughing song -- To Tirzah -- The fly -- Ah! Sunflower -- I laid me down -- The sick rose -- Mock on, mock on... -- The lily Quantity: 1 folder(s) (18 pages). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1980

By: Blake, William, 1757-1827; Auckland City Art Gallery; Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825

Reference: ArtEph-1980-A-03

Description: Catalogue essays and annotated list of contents of exhibitions. Quantity: 1 brochure. Physical Description: Offset printed pages stapled inside printed card cover, 18 pages, 300 mm

Date: 1983

By: National Art Gallery (N.Z.); Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: ArtEph-1983-B-03

Description: Catalogue essay and annotated list of contents of exhibition. Date of exhibition unknown Quantity: 1 brochure. Physical Description: Offset printed pages loose inside printed card cover, 8 pages, illustration on cover, 300 mm

Date: [1962-1963]

From: Whitehead, Gillian, 1941- : Collection

By: Auden, Wystan Hugh, 1907-1973; Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: fMS-Papers-11893-02/7

Description: Ink scores and pencil scores and various sketches. Early pieces composed by Whitehead prior to, or during her study in New Zealand, ca 1962-1963. Most of these pieces are written for voices, some with accompaniment, others just solo voice or choir. They include an incomplete piece written to The Lord's Prayer; a sketched piece for flute, cello, oboe and SSA, with text by William Blake 'The sun descending in the west...'; and a sketch for a piece for choir, with text by W H Auden 'As I walked out one evening walking down Bristol street...'. Quantity: 1 piece (46 pages). Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1974

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to artists, art awards, art sales and art exhibitions]

Reference: Eph-A-ARTS-1974-01

Description: Exhibition catalogue of William Blake's illustrations to poems by Thomas Gray, from the Paul Mellon collection. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 24 pages, 208 x 166 mm.

Date: [ca 1982]

From: McLeod, Jennifer Helen, 1941-2022: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12630-14

Description: Comprises contents page for ‘Through the world: mezzo-soprano and piano’, a song cycle of 15 poems by William Blake. Scores listed, with durations added as annotations, comprise: 1. Man was made for joy & woe 2. The child's toys 3. I have no name 4. Love seeketh not 5. Little lamb 6. Can I see another's woe 7. My Mother groan'd 8. The vision of Christ 9. Sound the flute 10. Is this a holy thing & The bird, a nest 11. Tyger, tyger 12. I love to rise 13. I asked a thief 14. I wander thro' ; Who will change 15. Mercy, pity, peace & love. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript with annotations, 1 page.

Date: 2011

From: Elder, Ann Margaret, active 1956-2019: Collection relating to the Donnelly family and Irish studies

Reference: MS-Papers-11211

Description: Folder comprises Elder's research paper "Ilustrations of the Book of Job, by William Blake: The New Zealand set". Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1921-1934

From: Donnelly, William Ian McLaren, 1901-1956 : Letters and papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11454-09

Description: Folder contains clippings of Donnelly's articles in 'The Littleton Times' and his column, 'Among the Books Reviews and Notes' in 'The Sun' (Christchurch). Also contains newspaper cuttings relating to Donnelly's discovery of William Blake's 'Illustrations to the Book of Job' in Auckland in 1928 and related documentation. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [1893-1978]

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Papers

Reference: 77-067-8/02

Description: File labelled `Old Bulletin references (New Zealand), also writers, poets and general interest' (1893-1913); correspondence with Ian Cross and clippings; articles on Maxwell Fernie and L J Cronin, Riemke Ensing; file on Spiro Zavos; and clipping re William Blake's Dante plates Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [194--196-]

From: Wilson, Patrick, 1926-1999 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8784-25

Description: Notes made during the writing of Wilson's thesis on William Blake Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1979

From: Jagger, Bryony, 1948- : Papers

By: Jagger, Bryony Maglona Patricia, 1948-; Blake, William, 1757-1827

Reference: MS-Papers-10125-55

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (21 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (photcopies)