Trevelyan R.A., Julian (1910 – 1988) – ‘A Place and a State’ (No.9); I behold London … And every part of Blake’s city if fourfold. London has survived the Blitz – How beautiful to the Artist his City of Babylon.

'A Place and a State' (No.9); I behold London ... And every part of Blake's city if fourfold. London has survived the Blitz - How beautiful to the Artist his City of Babylon. Pen, brush, ink, watercolour and gouache. 1944. Signed and dated. One of a suite of drawings that were to be published by Poetry London in 1944 alongside a text by Kathleen Raine. That project was not realised and the works were subsequently published by Enitharmon Press in 1974 with a new commentary by Raine. Provenance: the Estate of the late John Byrne (1945-2025). 9.25x7.5 inches.