Collection: Prints and Drawings / Creator: Blake, William, 1757–1827

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821, reprinted 1977
Materials & Techniques:: 17 wood engravings reprinted from the original blocks
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6in. (12.1 x 15.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

743. Pl. 4: The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi ['...lo! a serpent with six feet/ Springs forth on one,' Hell; Canto xxv. line 45.]

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Spine: 22 1/4in. (56.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

744. Pl. 5: A Serpent Attacking Buoso Donata ['...He ey'd the serpent and the serpent him.' Hell; Canto xxv. line 82.]

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Spine: 22 1/4in. (56.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

745. Pl. 6: The Pit of Disease ['...Then two I mark'd that sat Propp'd 'gainst each other,' Hell; Canto xxix. line 71.]

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Spine: 22 1/4in. (56.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

746. 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

747. 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

748. 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

749. 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

750. The Triumphs of Temper

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

751. The Triumphs of Temper

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

752. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

753. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

754. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

755. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

756. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

757. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

758. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

759. William Cowper, Author of "The Task"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1802
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

760. 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

761. 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

762. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

763. The Peasants' Nest: Cowper's tame Hares

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1802
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

764. 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

765. 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

766. 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

767. 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

768. 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

769. 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

770. 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

771. 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

772. 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

773. 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

774. 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

775. 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

776. 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

777. The Triumphs of Temper

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

778. 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

779. The Triumphs of Temper

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

780. The Triumphs of Temper

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

781. The Triumphs of Temper

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

782. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

783. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

784. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

785. The Life of George Romney

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

786. William Cowper

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1803-1804
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

787. Mrs Cowper Mother of the Poet

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1803-1804
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

788. The Pastorals of Virgil, Volume 1

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress 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

789. The Pastorals of Virgil, Volume 2

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress 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

790. First proof of Arnold Fawcus's facsimile of Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job

Creator:: Published by Arnold Fawcus, 1917–1979
Date:: 1972
Materials & Techniques:: Collotype with hand coloring in watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (14 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

791. First Uncorrected Proof of Arnold Fawcus's Facsimile of Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray

Creator:: Print made by Arnold Fawcus, 1917–1979
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored collotype on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 12 7/8 inches (42.2 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

792. Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: 54 watercolors with pen & brown ink, on 54 leaves (with a letter from Samuel Rogers)
Dimensions:: Spine: 8 1/8in. (20.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

793. Gymnastics for Youth

Creator:: Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, 1744–1811
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

794. Songs of Innocence, Titlepage

Creator:: Michael Phillips, born 1940
Date:: 1996
Materials & Techniques:: Relief-etched facsimile copper plate with application of text and design in acid resist
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael Phillips

795. The Grave, A Poem, by Robert Blair

Creator:: Prints made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and letterpress bound in full calf with marbled endpapers on moderately thick, slightly textured, laid paper and wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 1/8 inches (41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

796. The Grave, A Poem, by Robert Blair

Creator:: Prints made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: 13 Etchings bound in green cloth portfolio on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 14 inches (51.4 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

797. The Grave, A Poem, by Robert Blair

Creator:: Prints made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and letterpress, bound in contemporary publisher's paper-covered boards, rebacked on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

798. Unbound Facsimile Edition of William Blake's Illustrations for "The Poems of Thomas Gray"

Creator:: Print made by Arnold Fawcus, 1917–1979
Date:: 1972
Materials & Techniques:: Facsimile printed in color
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 13/16in. (41.9 x 32.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

799. The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

800. The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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701. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 9: Colinet: 'A fond desire strange lands and swains to know./ Ah me! that ever I should covet wo.'

702. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 10: Thenot: 'A rolling stone is ever bare of moss;/ and, to their cost, green years old proverbs cross.'

703. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 13: Thenot: 'for him our yearly wakes and feasts we hold,/ and choose the fairest firstlings from the fold;'

704. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 14: Thenot: 'This night thy care with me forget, and fold/ thy flock with mine, to ward th' injurious cold.'

705. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 15: Thenot: 'New milk, and clouted cream, mild cheese and curd,/ with some remaining fruit of last year's hoard,/ shall be our ev'ning fare.'

706. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 17: Thenot: '

707. Pl. 13: `Psyche Repents'

708. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 18 (page 17): [The Vision of God]

709. Pl. 12: 'Psyche Disobeys'

710. Pl. 14: `Venus Councels Cupid'

711. Pl. 15: `The Conjugal Union of Cupid'

712. Pl. 16: `Cupid & Psyche'

713. Pl. 18: `Iron Age'

714. Pl. 19: `Aristophanes Clouds. Scene I'

715. Pl. 23: `Anacreon Ode LII'

716. Pl. 12: `Psyche Disobeys.'

717. Pl. 13: `Psyche Repents.'

718. Pl. 15: `The Conjugal Union of Cupid'

719. Pl. 19: `Aristophanes Clouds. Scene I'

720. Pl. 23: `Anacreon Ode LII'

721. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 1 (Title Page): 'Illustrations of/ the/ Book/ of/ Job'

722. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 4 (page 3): [The Destruction of Job's Sons]

723. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 2 (page 1): [Job and his Family]

724. Illustrations of the Book of Job, p. 5 (page 4): [The Messengers tell Job of the Misfortunes that have Befallen Him]

725. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 13 (page 12): [The Wrath of Elihu]

726. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 14 (page 13): [The Lord answering Job out of the Whirlwind]

727. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 1: Frontispiece: Thenot: 'Is it not Colinet I lonesome see,/ leaning with folded arms against the tree?'

728. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 3: Thenot: 'Yet though with years my body downward tend,/ as trees beneath their fruit in autumn bend,'

729. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 8: Colinet: 'Ah silly I! more silly than my sheep,/ which on thy flow'ry banks I wont to keep.'

730. My sheep quite spent through travel and ill fare

731. The Wood Engravings of William Blake for Thorton's Virgil 1821. London, 1977. Plate 12: Colinet: 'In vain, O Colinet, thy pipe, so shrill,/ charms every vale, and gladdens every hill:'

732. And now behold the sun's departing ray

733. Pl. 14: `Venus Counsels Cupid'

734. Pl. 16: `Cupid & Psyche'

735. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 9 (page 8): [Job's Despair]

736. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 12 (page 11): [Job's Evil Dreams]

737. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 17 (page 16): [The Fall of Satan]

738. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 19 (page 18): [Job's Sacrifice]

739. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 20 (page 19): [Job Accepting Charity]

740. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 21 (page 20): [Job and his Daughters]

741. Illustrations of the Book of Job, pl. 22 (page 21): [Job and his Wife restored to Prosperity]

742. The Pastorals of Virgil, London, 1821

743. Pl. 4: The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi ['...lo! a serpent with six feet/ Springs forth on one,' Hell; Canto xxv. line 45.]

744. Pl. 5: A Serpent Attacking Buoso Donata ['...He ey'd the serpent and the serpent him.' Hell; Canto xxv. line 82.]

745. Pl. 6: The Pit of Disease ['...Then two I mark'd that sat Propp'd 'gainst each other,' Hell; Canto xxix. line 71.]

746. A Select Collection of English Songs

747. A Select Collection of English Songs

748. A Select Collection of English Songs

749. A Select Collection of English Songs

750. The Triumphs of Temper

751. The Triumphs of Temper

752. The Life of George Romney

753. The Life of George Romney

754. The Life of George Romney

755. The Life of George Romney

756. The Life of George Romney

757. The Life of George Romney

758. The Life of George Romney

759. William Cowper, Author of "The Task"

760. A Select Collection of English Songs

761. A Select Collection of English Songs

762. The Life of George Romney

763. The Peasants' Nest: Cowper's tame Hares

764. A Father's Memoirs of His Child

765. A Select Collection of English Songs

766. A Select Collection of English Songs

767. A Select Collection of English Songs

768. A Father's Memoirs of His Child

769. A Father's Memoirs of His Child

770. A Select Collection of English Songs

771. A Select Collection of English Songs

772. A Select Collection of English Songs

773. A Select Collection of English Songs

774. A Select Collection of English Songs