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EDWARD CALVERT (BRITISH 1799-1883)THE PLOUGHMANWood engraving on wove paper, a posthumous printing of the final state probably a trial impression prior to the edition published by Carfax and Co, Ltd, 19048.3 x 12.7cm (3¼ x 5in.); together with two facsimiles after William Blakes's illustrations to Dante's Inferno: The Circle of the Lustful; and The Circle of Thieves (3) Calvert's early visionary work was greatly inspired by that of William Blake (1757-1827) and he was a member of 'The Ancients', devotees of Blake who gathered around Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) at Shoreham in the late 1820s and early 1830s. Amongst Calvert's finest works are his small wood engravings which date from 1827-31, but were only seen by friends until published by his son in 1893.