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101. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 19, "Emblem of that which shall awake the dead"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

102. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 46, "Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

103. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 49, "As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

104. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, "If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

105. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 95, "The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

106. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 1, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

107. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 10, "My son! my Son!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

108. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 11, "I want! I want!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

109. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 12, "Help! Help!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

110. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 15, "Fear & hope are -- Vision"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

111. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 19, "To The Accuser . . . ." (Bentley 21)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

112. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 20, "He meets his Saviour in the Grave . . . . "

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

113. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 3, "I found him beneath a Tree"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

114. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 6, "Air"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

115. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 7, "Fire"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

116. pl. 1: The Circle of the Lustful [' ...and like a corpse fell to the ground' Hell; Canto v. line 137.]

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 21 7/16 inches (37.5 × 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

117. Pl. 2: Ciampolo Tormented by the Devils ['...seiz'd on his arm, / And mangled bore away the sinewy part.' Hell; Canto xxii. line 70.]

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (38.8 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

118. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 14, "Does thy God O Priest take such vengeance as this?"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

119. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 5, "Earth"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

120. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 8, "At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

121. Pl. 3: Baffled Devils Fighting [' ... so turn'd/ His talons on his comrade.' Hell; Canto xxii. line 135]

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 × 21 1/4 inches (37.3 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

122. Young's Night Thoughts, Title Page, "Night the First, on Life, Death and Immortality."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

123. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 16, "Oft Bursts My Song beyond the Bounds of Life"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

124. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 17, "Night the Second, on Time, Death and Friendship"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

125. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 19, "Emblem of That Which Shall Awake the Dead"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

126. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 23, "We Censure Nature for a Span Too Short"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

127. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 24, "Time, in Advance, behind Him Hides His Wings"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

128. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 25, "Behold Him, When Past by; What Then Is Seen"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

129. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 26, "Measuring His Motions by Revolving Spheres"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

130. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 33, "Like That, the Dial Speaks; and Points to Thee"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

131. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 1, "Swift on His Downy Pinion Flies from Woe"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

132. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 12, "Its Favours Here Are Trials, Not Rewards"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

133. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 13, "The Present Moment Terminates our Sight"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

134. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The Longest Night Though Longer Far, Would Fail"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

135. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 7, "Till at Death's Toll, Whose Restless Iron Tounge"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

136. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 95, "The Goddess Bursts in Thunder and in Flame"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

137. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 8, "Death! Great Proprietor of All!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

138. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 65, Night the Fourth, "The Christian Triumph."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

139. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 70, "'Till Death, That Mighty Hunter, Earths Them All"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

140. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 73, "Draw the Dire Steel? -- Ah No!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

141. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 75, "The Sun Beheld it -- No, the Shocking Scene"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

142. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 80, "The Thunder If in That the Almighty Dwells"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

143. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 86, "His Hand the Good Man Fastens on the Skies"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

144. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 54, "The Vale of Death! That Hush'd Cimmerian Vale"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

145. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 55, "Ungrateful, Shall We Grieve Their Hovering Shades"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

146. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 57, "Trembling Each Gulp, Lest Death Should Snatch the Bowl"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

147. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 63, "This King of Terrors Is the Prince of Peace"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

148. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though My Soul Fantastick Measures Trod"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

149. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 90, "That Touch, with Charm Celestial Heals the Soul"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

150. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 88, "But for the Blessing Wrestle Not with Heaven"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

151. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 87, "Is Lost in Love! Thou Great Philanthropist"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

152. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 92, "When Faith Is Virtue, Reason Makes It So"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

153. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, "If Angels Tremble, 'Tis at Such a Sight"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

154. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 10, "Disease Invades the Chastest Temperence"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

155. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 9/16 inches (31.2 × 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

156. Caius Julius Cæsar

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

157. Epicurus

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

158. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

159. Theocritus

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

160. From Antique Coins

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

161. Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

162. Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

163. Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

164. Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

165. Fable I. The Dog and the Fox

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

166. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The longest night though longer far, would fail"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

167. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 25, "Behold him, when past by; what then is seen"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

168. Fable XII. Pan and Fortune

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

169. Publius Virgilius Maro

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

170. Thomas Hayley (1780-1800)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 11/16 inches (28.7 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

171. Fable XVI. The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

172. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 7, "Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tounge"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

173. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 23, "We censure nature for a span too short"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

174. A View of St. Edmund's Chapel, in the Church of East Dereham, Containing the Grave of William Cowper Esq.

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 11 1/2 inches (29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

175. A Sketch of the Monument Erected in the Church of East Dereham in Norfolk in Memory of William Cowper Esq.

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 11 1/2 inches (29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

176. Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

177. Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

178. Fable XIII. The Tame Stag

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

179. Fable XVI. The Pin and the Needle

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

180. Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

181. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 1/4 inches (19.4 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

182. Sheffield

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

183. Chelsea Hospital

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 1/2 inches (8.6 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

184. Elgin Cathedral, Morayshire

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 2nd published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/8 inches (20.3 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

185. Oxford

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, published state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (8.9 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

186. Bath

Creator:: Print made by George Murray, died 1822
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, published state on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 4 5/8 inches (7.3 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

187. Worcester

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Rothwell, ca. 1742–1807
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, published state on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 4 5/8 inches (7.3 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

188. Cambridge

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, published state on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 1/2 inches (8.6 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

189. Guildford

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Rothwell, ca. 1742–1807
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (11.1 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

190. Swansea

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Rothwell, ca. 1742–1807
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 6 inches (9.5 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

191. Staines

Creator:: Print made by George Murray, died 1822
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (8.6 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

192. Orchard Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 inches (38.4 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

193. Grantham Church

Creator:: Print made by Bartholomew Howlett, 1767–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (24.1 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

194. Sleaford Church

Creator:: Print made by Bartholomew Howlett, 1767–1827
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, proof on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (17.1 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

195. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 inches (38.4 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

196. Freshwater Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, original impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove 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

197. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 7/8 inches (38.4 × 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

198. Shanklin Castle

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 22 inches (37.8 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

199. A View of the Chapel and Hall of Oriel College

Creator:: Print made by James Basire the younger, 1769–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, engraver's proof (b) on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 21 inches (36.8 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

200. A View of Worcester College &c.

Creator:: Print made by James Basire the younger, 1769–1822
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, engraver's proof (c) on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 21 1/4 inches (39.4 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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101. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 19, "Emblem of that which shall awake the dead"

102. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 46, "Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain"

103. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 49, "As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam"

104. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, "If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight"

105. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 95, "The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame"

106. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 1, Title Page

107. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 10, "My son! my Son!"

108. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 11, "I want! I want!"

109. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 12, "Help! Help!"

110. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 15, "Fear & hope are -- Vision"

111. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 19, "To The Accuser . . . ." (Bentley 21)

112. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 20, "He meets his Saviour in the Grave . . . . "

113. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 3, "I found him beneath a Tree"

114. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 6, "Air"

115. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 7, "Fire"

116. pl. 1: The Circle of the Lustful [' ...and like a corpse fell to the ground' Hell; Canto v. line 137.]

117. Pl. 2: Ciampolo Tormented by the Devils ['...seiz'd on his arm, / And mangled bore away the sinewy part.' Hell; Canto xxii. line 70.]

118. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 14, "Does thy God O Priest take such vengeance as this?"

119. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 5, "Earth"

120. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 8, "At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell"

121. Pl. 3: Baffled Devils Fighting [' ... so turn'd/ His talons on his comrade.' Hell; Canto xxii. line 135]

122. Young's Night Thoughts, Title Page, "Night the First, on Life, Death and Immortality."

123. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 16, "Oft Bursts My Song beyond the Bounds of Life"

124. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 17, "Night the Second, on Time, Death and Friendship"

125. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 19, "Emblem of That Which Shall Awake the Dead"

126. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 23, "We Censure Nature for a Span Too Short"

127. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 24, "Time, in Advance, behind Him Hides His Wings"

128. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 25, "Behold Him, When Past by; What Then Is Seen"

129. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 26, "Measuring His Motions by Revolving Spheres"

130. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 33, "Like That, the Dial Speaks; and Points to Thee"

131. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 1, "Swift on His Downy Pinion Flies from Woe"

132. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 12, "Its Favours Here Are Trials, Not Rewards"

133. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 13, "The Present Moment Terminates our Sight"

134. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The Longest Night Though Longer Far, Would Fail"

135. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 7, "Till at Death's Toll, Whose Restless Iron Tounge"

136. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 95, "The Goddess Bursts in Thunder and in Flame"

137. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 8, "Death! Great Proprietor of All!"

138. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 65, Night the Fourth, "The Christian Triumph."

139. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 70, "'Till Death, That Mighty Hunter, Earths Them All"

140. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 73, "Draw the Dire Steel? -- Ah No!"

141. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 75, "The Sun Beheld it -- No, the Shocking Scene"

142. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 80, "The Thunder If in That the Almighty Dwells"

143. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 86, "His Hand the Good Man Fastens on the Skies"

144. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 54, "The Vale of Death! That Hush'd Cimmerian Vale"

145. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 55, "Ungrateful, Shall We Grieve Their Hovering Shades"

146. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 57, "Trembling Each Gulp, Lest Death Should Snatch the Bowl"

147. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 63, "This King of Terrors Is the Prince of Peace"

148. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though My Soul Fantastick Measures Trod"

149. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 90, "That Touch, with Charm Celestial Heals the Soul"

150. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 88, "But for the Blessing Wrestle Not with Heaven"

151. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 87, "Is Lost in Love! Thou Great Philanthropist"

152. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 92, "When Faith Is Virtue, Reason Makes It So"

153. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, "If Angels Tremble, 'Tis at Such a Sight"

154. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 10, "Disease Invades the Chastest Temperence"

155. Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

156. Caius Julius Cæsar

157. Epicurus

158. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

159. Theocritus

160. From Antique Coins

161. Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail

162. Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud

163. Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge

164. Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer

165. Fable I. The Dog and the Fox

166. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The longest night though longer far, would fail"

167. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 25, "Behold him, when past by; what then is seen"

168. Fable XII. Pan and Fortune

169. Publius Virgilius Maro

170. Thomas Hayley (1780-1800)

171. Fable XVI. The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm

172. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 7, "Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tounge"

173. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 23, "We censure nature for a span too short"