Hecate, or The Night of Enitharmon's Joy, Butlin 316 Title: Hecate, or The Night of Enitharmon's Joy Origination: William Blake: inventor, delineator, printer, colorist Composition Date: 1795 Print Date: 1795 Note: The characteristics of the color printing indicate that this impression is the first one printed in 1795. The second impression in that printing session is Hecate, or The Night of Enitharmon’s Joy in the Huntington Library and Art Gallery (Butlin 318); the third impression of the design is in the National Gallery of Art, Edinburgh (Butlin 317). Number of Objects: 1 Object Size: 43.9 x 58.1 cm. Number of Leaves: 1 Leaf Size: 54.5 x 77.0 cm. Medium: planographic color printing with water color and pen and ink additions to the impression Printing Style: planographic Support: wove paper Watermark: 1794 JWhatman Penned Numbers: none Frame Lines: none Binding: loose Stab Holes: none Provenance Name: Tate Collection Date: 1939 Dealer: none Price: gift Note: Acquired by Thomas Butts from Blake, possibly c. 1805; Thomas Butts, Jr., apparently by inheritance in 1845; Frederick J. Butts, apparently by inheritance in 1862; his widow, c. 1905, by inheritance; sold 1906 through Carfax and Co., London, to W. Graham Robertson; given 1939 by Robertson to the Tate Gallery (now Tate Collection). Present Location Tate Collection Millbank London SW1P 4RG United Kingdom