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Title
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Bath Who is Legions (trial proof)
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Student Commentary:
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This image from Jerusalem (1974 facsimile) is a trial proof for the lower portion of Plate 41 of Jerusalem, which begins “Bath who is Legions . . .” It was included in this facsimile, in part, as a demonstration of Blake’s working methods. He printed it on the verso of a waste proof of a portion of the frontispiece to his Europe, a Prophecy. The image here depicts a huddled figure next to a scroll which reads, in reverse, “Each Man is in his Spectre’s power . . .”
Note: As of early 2018, none of the material used for this facsimile had been digitized at the William Blake Archive. Consult the book in Schaffer Library for a detailed view of this particular image.
