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The Rock of Salvation
Creator:
Samuel Colman, 1780–1845
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/8 x 29 1/4 inches (61.3 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Jacob's Dream
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
1705
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
64 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (163.8 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram
Creator:
Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759–1838
Date:
ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and ink and oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 3/4 × 11 1/2 inches (37.5 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London
Creator:
Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:
ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 7/8 × 24 5/8 inches (47.9 × 62.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Last Judgement (study)
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
between 1851 and 1853
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 12 inches (19.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Angel Binding Satan
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (45.1 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnassus
Creator:
Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Fifth Plague of Egypt
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (29.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Fifth Plague of Egypt
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 11 1/8 inches (20.3 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, "The Bard."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 99, "Ode for Music."
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
Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 9, "Arise O Rintrah . . . ." (Bentley 11)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16, "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 orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 4, "Unwilling I look up . . . . " (Bentley 5)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 12, "Albions Angel rose . . . . " (Bentley 14)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
America. A Prophecy, Plate 13, "Fiery the Angels Rose...."
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
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
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
America. A Prophecy, Plate 16, "In the Flames Stood...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 3, "To the Public...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 31, "His western heaven...."
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
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, "The Descent of Odin."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 14, "One hair nor particle of dust...."
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
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
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 35, "Teaching, We Learn; and Giving, We Retain"
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
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:
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
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
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
America. A Prophecy, Plate 8, "The Morning Comes...."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 77, "To the Christians...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 92, "What do I see!...."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, "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
Jerusalem, Plate 43, "They saw their Wheels...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 45, "Bath, healing City!...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 50, "The Atlantic Mountains...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 74, "The Four Zoa's clouded rage...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 12, "Why wilt thou give to her...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 20, "But when they saw Albion...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 78, "The Spectres of..."
Creator:
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
Jerusalem, Plate 8, "Rose up against me...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 81, "I have mockd those...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 82, "I have heard Jerusalems groans...."
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
Jerusalem, Plate 83, "Corruptability appears upon thy limbs...."
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
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 41, "One Radiant Mark; the Deathbed of the Just"
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
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
Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 6, "The shrill winds wake . . . . " (Bentley 7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
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
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
Satan Approaching the Court of Chaos
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1784 to 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.5 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Moses Receiving the Law
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 x 12 1/4 inches (66 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch for the Oil Painting "The Conversion of St. Paul"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brushed black ink, gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
God Creating the Universe
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (23.5 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1818
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, brown wash, scratching out and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 24 1/8 inches (40.6 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Homer's Iliad
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling Decoration
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 5 inches (12.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling
Creator:
follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 6 3/8 inches (15.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Putto Holding a Torch
Creator:
Print made by Isaac Fuller, 1606/20–1672
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 inches (11.4 × 10.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Birth of Venus
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Daughters of Jerusalem Weeping by the Waters of Babylon
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Mount: 6 5/16 x 8 inches (16 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Christ Stilling the Tempest
Creator:
Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study for Ceiling: Apollo and other Figures
Creator:
Attributed to Domenico Mondo, 1723– c.1808
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 1/4in. (25.1 x 18.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Wall Panel
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Mythological Scene, with Jupiter and Juno
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (13.7 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Apollo and Phaeton
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 1/4 inches (21 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

84. Pamphilia

Pamphilia
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (15.6 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Venus, after Masters of Tarrochi
Creator:
Print made by Arthur Burgess, 1844–1886
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 6 7/16 inches (16.3 x 16.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
between 1762 and 1764
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 3/4 inches (67 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
handcolored, mezzotint (second state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 27 7/16 × 17 7/8 inches (69.7 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Venus and Cupid
Creator:
Print made by Allaert van Everdingen, 1621–1675
Date:
between 1660 and 1675
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 inches (16.5 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Crucifixion
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 4 1/2 inches (18.7 × 11.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Venus Presenting Armour to Aeneas
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 13 1/16 inches (25.4 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Salvator Mundi
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 5/16 inches (21.3 × 16 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Salvator Mundi
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 × 6 9/16 inches (22.1 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Flora and Putti
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 8 3/16 inches (16.4 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Nymphs Bathing
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 11 11/16 inches (25.7 × 29.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Plaudit Ave Regina
Creator:
Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 1/4 inches (24.6 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Saint Paulus
Creator:
Print made by Elias Nessenthaler, 1664–1714
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 1/4 inches (34.4 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. Hebe

Hebe
Creator:
Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 15 5/8 inches (62.9 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Cupid and Psyche
Creator:
Print made by William Say, 1768–1834
Date:
1816
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (second state) on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 5/8 × 21 1/4 inches (49.8 × 54 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Guardian Angels
Creator:
Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (second state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (54.6 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Miss Elliot
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 × 15 5/8 inches (63.5 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund