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Title: Milton a Poem, copy C Object 34 Bentley 32 Erdman 36 Keynes 33 Origination: William Blake: author, inventor, delineator, etcher, printer, colorist Origination: Catherine Blake: printer Publisher: William Blake Place of Publication: London    Note: The place of publication is not given in the imprint, but Blake lived in London during the etching and printing of Milton. Some of the poem might have been written before Blake left Felpham in the fall of 1803.

Publication Date: 1804 Date of Composition: c. 1804-1811 Print Date: c. 1811    Note: Objects 3, 4, and 19 (numbered by Blake 2, 3, and 17) were printed at a later date. Objects 10 and 35 (numbered by Blake 8* and 32*) were not printed, and the the collating and numbering of all the Objects was probably not completed, until c. 1820. Some of the coloring may have been added as late as c. 1820.

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  Shoot Date: April 1992
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