罗莎蒙德的堕落（托马斯·斯托德之后）

This is a 'furnishing print ', intended

as a wall decoration. Such prints found

a ready and growing market among

the prospering middle classes of Blake's day. They also provided prestgious and lucrative commissions for commercial engravers such as Blake. In 1784, with

this sort of opportunity in mind, Blake set

up a short-lived printselling and publishing business with James Parker. Rosamond is printed in three colours.

As can be seen in the colour prints

to the right, Blake developed his own method of colour-printing which may

have taken some inspiration from standard commercial methods of colour-printing.