Lampblack Editions

Old engravings, turned to night.

Public domain prints and drawings from The Met, printed inverted in sets of three, made to order in Australia and the US.

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The Raven · AUD 170.95 · USD 99.00 for three prints, delivery included

The Raven, plate I

Manet’s plate for The Raven, 1875.

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Original at The Met

Perched upon a Bust of Pallas, Édouard Manet, our dark editionThe original, 1875Our edition
Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, Édouard Manet, about 1860 to 1862

The story behind the set

The Raven, 1845 to 1875

How a poem from New York reached Paris, and why Manet drew it almost entirely in shadow.

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  1. The Raven

    001The Raven

    AUD 170.95 · USD 99.00

    Édouard Manet · 1875 · after Poe

  2. Dance of Death

    002Dance of Death

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    Hans Holbein the Younger · 1526

  3. Tales of Mystery

    003Tales of Mystery

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    Aubrey Beardsley · 1894 · after Poe

Every set and plate in the collection

30 × 40 cm · archival paper · printed in Australia or the US · delivery included · arrives within 14 days

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