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
Description
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.