On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: religious and mythological subject

1. Study for "The Golden Age"

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 7/8in. (19.1 x 27.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Wyld in honor of Paul Mellon

2. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (30 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 1/4 inches (32.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

4. The Morning of Life

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1860-1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches (19 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 5/16 inches (12 x 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 1/4 inches (29.3 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Cypress Grove

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: plate etched between ca. 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 12 1/16 inches (27.8 x 30.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Hymen

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (49.5 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. George Taylor's Epitaph: Death Giving George Taylor a Cross Buttock

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (22.5 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink First published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 7/8 inches (27.9 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Procris and Cephalus

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (21.6 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Procris and Cephalus

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 3/8 inches (29.8 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Jason

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink First published state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 inches (28.9 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 1/8 inches (20.3 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 inches (21 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Glaucus and Scylla

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 1/2 inches (25.4 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Glaucus and Scylla

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's proof (h) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 1/2 inches (27.3 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Apuleia in Search of Apuleius

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, printed in brown ink; Modern impression, canceled plate on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 1/2 inches (29.2 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Les Fetes de la Moisson

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Materials & Techniques:: photogravure
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Aeneas Relating His Adventures to Dido

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Le Depart de la Flotte des Troyens

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Photolithograph
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Deluge

Creator:: Engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; modern impression on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 1/4 inches (28.9 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (29.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Apuleia in Search of Apuleius

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 3/4 inches (28.3 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 3/8 inches (29.2 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Aesacus and Hesperie

Creator:: Etched and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Tenth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 3/4 inches (27.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 3/8 inches (27.3 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Procris and Cephalus

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 16 1/8 inches (28.3 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Tenth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Aesacus and Hesperie

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 inches (28.9 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Glaucus and Scylla

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1813 to 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Modern Impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 5/8 inches (33.3 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink First published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/4 inches (28.6 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Apuleia in Search of Apuleius

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's proof (f) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Deluge

Creator:: Engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in brown ink Modern Impression on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Jason

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; 2nd state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 16 1/4 inches (28.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Depositing of John Bellini's Three Pictures in La Chiesa Redentore, Venice, 1841

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Photogravure
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. St. Mary's Redcliffe, Bristol

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Photogravure
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Jason

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 inches (26.4 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. 'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. 'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. 'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. 'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Widower and Children (Design 35)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. "O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. "Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. "Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. "We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. "Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. "Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Fame (Design 93)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Infant Joy (Plate 14)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. The Little Boy Lost (Plate 20)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. 'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. 'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. The Christian Triumph; Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. 'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. 'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. 'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. 'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. 'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. 'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. 'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. 'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. 'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. 'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. 'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. 'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. 'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. "Malignant Fate sat by, and smil'd, The slipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd..." (Design 11)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. "Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. "Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. "Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. "Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. "Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. The Divine Image (Plate 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. "An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. "At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. "With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. "The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. "To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. "Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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37. Depositing of John Bellini's Three Pictures in La Chiesa Redentore, Venice, 1841

38. St. Mary's Redcliffe, Bristol

39. Jason

40. 'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)

41. 'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)

42. 'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

43. 'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)

44. The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)

45. A Widower and Children (Design 35)

46. "O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)

47. "Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)

48. Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)

49. Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)

50. "Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)

51. "We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)

52. "Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)

53. The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)

54. "Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)

55. The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)

56. Fame (Design 93)

57. Infant Joy (Plate 14)

58. The Little Boy Lost (Plate 20)

59. 'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)

60. 'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)

61. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

62. The Christian Triumph; Title Page

63. 'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)

64. 'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)

65. 'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)

66. 'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)

67. 'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)

68. 'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)

69. 'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)

70. 'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)

71. 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

72. 'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)

73. 'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)

74. 'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)