On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Exhibition History: The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) and William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)

1. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 1, Innocence Frontispiece (Bentley 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 42, "The Tyger" (Bentley 42)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16 (Bentley 17)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 10, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 1, Frontispiece

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches (34.6 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2, "Preludium to the Book of Urizen" (Bentley 2a)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Complaint and the Consolation; or Night Thoughts (and title page)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4in. (42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 1, Frontispiece (Bentley a1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. America. A Prophecy, Plate 12, "Thus Wept the Angel Voice...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching printed in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 17, "They call'd her Pity and fled . . . ." (Bentley 19)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 22 (Bentley 24)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 24 (Bentley 26)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 33, Experience Title Page (Bentley 29)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Jerusalem, Plate 28, "Jerusalem / Chap. 2...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Jerusalem, Plate 32, "Leaning against the pillars...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Jerusalem, Plate 35, "Then the Divine hand...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Jerusalem, Plate 2, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Jerusalem, Plate 70, "And this the form of mighty Hand...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Jerusalem, Plate 100

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches (26.4 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Jerusalem, Plate 11, "To labours mighty...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Jerusalem, Plate 25, "And there was heard...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Jerusalem, Plate 26, "Such Visions Have...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches (26.4 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Jerusalem, Plate 27, "To the Jews...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Jerusalem, Plate 84, "Highgates heights & Hampstead...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. America. A Prophecy, Plate 6, "Appear to the Americans...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 109, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

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

30. 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

31. America. A Prophecy, Plate 2, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Jerusalem, Plate 97, "Awake! Awake Jerusalem...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Jerusalem, Plate 99, "All Human Forms identified...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 11, "II Reason or the ratio . . . . " (Bentley b4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. America. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. America. A Prophecy, Plate 10, "The Terror Answered...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2(b), "Preludium" (Bentley 2b)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in pale brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4, "Muster around the bleak desarts . . . ." (Bentley 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 3, "Chap: 1 . . . ." (Bentley 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 6, "In living creations appear'd . . . ." (Bentley 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 5 (Bentley 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 7, "As the stars are apart from the earth . . . ." (Bentley 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 8 (Bentley 9)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 10, "7. From the caverns of his jointed spine . . . ." (Bentley 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 12 (Bentley 22)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 9, "Chap: IV | 1 Ages on ages roll'd over him . . . ." (Bentley 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 11, "Two nostrils bent down to the deep . . . ." (Bentley 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 13, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided . . . " (Bentley 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 14 (Bentley 14)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15, "8. The globe of life blood trembled . . . ." (Bentley 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 19, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity . . . ." (Bentley 20)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 18 (Bentley 21)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 21 (Bentley 27)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 20, "Of life forsaken mountains . . . ." (Bentley 23)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23: "The Ox in the slaughter house moans . . . ." (Bentley 25)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 25, "They lived a period of years . . . ." (Bentley 28)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 11, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

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

58. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

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

59. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."

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

60. Jerusalem, Plate 51

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches (26.4 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Jerusalem, Plate 53, "Jerusalem / Chap. 3"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (34.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Jerusalem, Plate 6, "His Spectre driv'n...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Jerusalem, Plate 76

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1810 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 37 5/8in. (34.9 x 95.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Rev. John Caspar Lavater (1787-1801)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 11 9/16 inches (36.5 × 29.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. A Descriptive Catalog of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London

A Descriptive Catalog of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London

Creator:: Text by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume, 12mo, full red crushed levant morocco, Jansen style, with gilt edges
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/2 inches (19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Abraham and Isaac

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1799 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Tempera and pen and black ink on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (26.7 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Christ Giving Sight to Bartimaeus

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1799 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Tempera with pen and black ink on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 inches (26 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1786 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (18.7 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Albion Compelling the Four Zoas to Their Proper Tasks

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches (25.1 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

71. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (42.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Christ Appearing to the Apostles after the Resurrection

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1795 to 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Color monotype, watercolor, pen and black ink and varnish on moderately textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 22 1/2 inches (43.2 x 57.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Purchased 1929

73. The Widow Embracing Her Husband's Grave

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1805 to 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink with graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 1/8 inches (15.2 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (43.8 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: White-line metal cut engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 9 1/8 inches (17.8 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. William Blake in Youth and Age

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brush and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. A Father's Memoirs of His Child

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. A Father's Memoirs of His Child

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. A Select Collection of English Songs

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Ballads

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Father's Memoirs of His Child

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 1, Innocence Frontispiece (Bentley 2)

2. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 42, "The Tyger" (Bentley 42)

3. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16 (Bentley 17)

4. What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1

5. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 10, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 12)

6. Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 1, Frontispiece

7. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2, "Preludium to the Book of Urizen" (Bentley 2a)

8. The Complaint and the Consolation; or Night Thoughts (and title page)

9. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 1, Frontispiece (Bentley a1)

10. America. A Prophecy, Plate 12, "Thus Wept the Angel Voice...."

11. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

12. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 17, "They call'd her Pity and fled . . . ." (Bentley 19)

13. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 22 (Bentley 24)

14. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 24 (Bentley 26)

15. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 33, Experience Title Page (Bentley 29)

16. Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece

17. Jerusalem, Plate 28, "Jerusalem / Chap. 2...."

18. Jerusalem, Plate 32, "Leaning against the pillars...."

19. Jerusalem, Plate 35, "Then the Divine hand...."

20. Jerusalem, Plate 2, Title Page

21. Jerusalem, Plate 70, "And this the form of mighty Hand...."

22. Jerusalem, Plate 100

23. Jerusalem, Plate 11, "To labours mighty...."

24. Jerusalem, Plate 25, "And there was heard...."

25. Jerusalem, Plate 26, "Such Visions Have...."

26. Jerusalem, Plate 27, "To the Jews...."

27. Jerusalem, Plate 84, "Highgates heights & Hampstead...."

28. America. A Prophecy, Plate 6, "Appear to the Americans...."

29. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 109, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

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

31. America. A Prophecy, Plate 2, Title Page

32. Jerusalem, Plate 97, "Awake! Awake Jerusalem...."

33. Jerusalem, Plate 99, "All Human Forms identified...."

34. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 11, "II Reason or the ratio . . . . " (Bentley b4)

35. America. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

36. America. A Prophecy, Plate 10, "The Terror Answered...."

37. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2(b), "Preludium" (Bentley 2b)

38. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4, "Muster around the bleak desarts . . . ." (Bentley 4)

39. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 3, "Chap: 1 . . . ." (Bentley 3)

40. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 6, "In living creations appear'd . . . ." (Bentley 5)

41. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 5 (Bentley 12)

42. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 7, "As the stars are apart from the earth . . . ." (Bentley 6)

43. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 8 (Bentley 9)

44. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 10, "7. From the caverns of his jointed spine . . . ." (Bentley 11)

45. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 12 (Bentley 22)

46. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 9, "Chap: IV | 1 Ages on ages roll'd over him . . . ." (Bentley 10)

47. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 11, "Two nostrils bent down to the deep . . . ." (Bentley 13)

48. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 13, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided . . . " (Bentley 15)

49. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 14 (Bentley 14)

50. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15, "8. The globe of life blood trembled . . . ." (Bentley 18)

51. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 19, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity . . . ." (Bentley 20)

52. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 18 (Bentley 21)

53. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 21 (Bentley 27)

54. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 20, "Of life forsaken mountains . . . ." (Bentley 23)

55. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23: "The Ox in the slaughter house moans . . . ." (Bentley 25)

56. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 25, "They lived a period of years . . . ." (Bentley 28)

57. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 11, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

58. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

59. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."

60. Jerusalem, Plate 51

61. Jerusalem, Plate 53, "Jerusalem / Chap. 3"

62. Jerusalem, Plate 6, "His Spectre driv'n...."

63. Jerusalem, Plate 76

64. Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims

65. Rev. John Caspar Lavater (1787-1801)

66. A Descriptive Catalog of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London

67. Abraham and Isaac

68. Christ Giving Sight to Bartimaeus

69. Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons

70. Albion Compelling the Four Zoas to Their Proper Tasks

71. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

72. Christ Appearing to the Apostles after the Resurrection

73. The Widow Embracing Her Husband's Grave