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R. H. Cromek, Engraver, Editor, and Entrepreneur (Hardcover, New Ed)
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R. H. Cromek, Engraver, Editor, and Entrepreneur (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Based on meticulous archival research, Dennis M. Read's study
offers the most accurate and thorough account to date of the
engraver, editor, and arts enthusiast R. H. Cromek. Though he is
best known today as William Blake's nemesis, Cromek made
significant contributions to the vitality of the arts in
nineteenth-century Britain. Read traces Cromek's early years as an
accomplished engraver, his collaborations and falling out with
Blake, and his editing and publishing ventures, showing him to be a
pioneer who recognized the opportunities of the emerging market
economy. Read's descriptions of Cromek's disastrous associations
with the Chalcographic Society, his publication of Robert Burns's
unpublished works, and his duping by the perpetrator of a literary
hoax make for fascinating reading and tell us much about the
commercial art and publishing scenes in England and Scotland.
Perhaps most important, Read salvages Cromek's reputation as an
unscrupulous exploiter of Blake and others. A fuller and more
balanced portrait emerges that shows Cromek's efforts to bring the
arts to emerging cities of the midlands and beyond, describes his
friendships and associations with luminaries of the fine arts and
literature such as Leigh Hunt and Benjamin West, and challenges
more biased reports of his successes and failures as an
entrepreneur.
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