Creator: Blake, William, 1757–1827 - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. The Horse

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Tempera with pen and black ink on a copper engraving plate
Dimensions:: 4 3/16 x 2 1/2 inches (10.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Virgin and Child

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Tempera on panel
Dimensions:: 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (28.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 90, "That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul"

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

4. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 92, "When faith is virtue, reason makes it so"

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

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. I Found Him Beneath a Tree; Plate 3

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

21. Air; Plate 6

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

22. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8

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

23. Aged Ignorance; Plate 13

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

24. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

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

25. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening; Plate 16

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

26. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18

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

27. Book of Job, Plate 3, Jacob's Sons and Daughters Overwhelmed by Satan

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 10 3/4 inches (38.1 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Book of Job, Plate 6, Satan Smiting Job with Boils

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (38.7 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Book of Job, Plate 8, Job's Despair

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (38.4 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Book of Job, Plate 9, The Vision of Eliphaz

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (38.4 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Book of Job, Plate 11, Job's Evil Dreams

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 inches (37.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Book of Job, Plate 12, The Wrath of Elihu

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (38.4 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Book of Job, Plate 13, The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 10 7/8 inches (38.1 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. 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

35. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 12, "Spring" (Bentley 23)

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

36. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

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

37. The Book of Thel, Plate 6, "III. / Then Thel astonish'd . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Book of Thel, Plate 8, "IV. / The eternal gates . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. 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

40. Plate 4 (page 7): 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tounge'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Plate 35 (page 75): 'The Sun beheld it -- No, the shocking Scene Drove back his chariot'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

43. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though my soul fantastick measures trod"

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

44. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 12, "Its favours here are trials, not rewards"

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

45. The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. The Book of Thel, Plate 3, "Thel / I / The daughters of Mne Seraphim . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Book of Thel, Plate 7, "But he that loves the lowly . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Plate 2 (page 1): 'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Plate 3 (page 4): 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Plate 7 (page 12): 'Its favours here are trials, not rewards'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Plate 20 (page 35): 'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Plate 21 (page 37): 'Love, and love only, is the loan for love'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Plate 22 (page 40): ' Angels should paint it, angels ever there'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. 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

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. For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Title Page; Plate 2

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

57. Fire; Plate 7

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

58. My Son! My Son!; Plate 10

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

59. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 80, "The thunder if in that the Almighty dwells"

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

60. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 86, "His hand the good man fastens on the skies"

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

61. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 87, "Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist"

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

62. Water; Plate 4

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

63. Earth; Plate 5

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

64. Help! Help!; Plate 12

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

65. I Want! I Want!; Plate 11

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

66. Alas!; Plate 9

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

67. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision; Plate 15

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

68. Death's Door; Plate 17

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

69. Book of Job, Plate 1, Job and His Family

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (38.7 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Book of Job, Plate 5, Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord and Job's Charity

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (38.4 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Book of Job, Plate 7, Job's Comforters

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 10 7/8 inches (38.1 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 6, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
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: 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

73. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 8, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
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: 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

74. 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

75. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 14, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
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: 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

76. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 24, "The Divine Image" (Bentley 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
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: 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

77. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 35, "Earth's Answer" (Bentley 31)

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

78. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 36, "The Clod & the Pebble" (Bentley 32)

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

79. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 34, "Introduction" (Bentley 30)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black 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

80. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 41, "A Poison Tree" (Bentley 49)

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

81. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 43, "A Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 50)

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

82. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 44, "A Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 51)

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

83. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 47, "My Pretty Rose Tree" (Bentley 43)

Creator:: 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

84. 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

85. Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 2, Title Page

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

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

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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. 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

95. 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

96. 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

97. Illustrations of The Book of Job, Title Page

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (38.7 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Book of Job, Plate 2, Satan before the Throne of God

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 7/8 inches (38.4 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Book of Job, Plate 4, The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 10 3/4 inches (38.1 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Book of Job, Plate 14, When the Morning Stars Sang Together

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 10 7/8 inches (38.1 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Horse

2. Virgin and Child

3. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 90, "That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul"

4. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 92, "When faith is virtue, reason makes it so"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1

20. I Found Him Beneath a Tree; Plate 3

21. Air; Plate 6

22. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8

23. Aged Ignorance; Plate 13

24. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

25. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening; Plate 16

26. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18

27. Book of Job, Plate 3, Jacob's Sons and Daughters Overwhelmed by Satan

28. Book of Job, Plate 6, Satan Smiting Job with Boils

29. Book of Job, Plate 8, Job's Despair

30. Book of Job, Plate 9, The Vision of Eliphaz

31. Book of Job, Plate 11, Job's Evil Dreams

32. Book of Job, Plate 12, The Wrath of Elihu

33. Book of Job, Plate 13, The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind

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

35. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 12, "Spring" (Bentley 23)

36. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

37. The Book of Thel, Plate 6, "III. / Then Thel astonish'd . . . ."

38. The Book of Thel, Plate 8, "IV. / The eternal gates . . . ."

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

40. Plate 4 (page 7): 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tounge'

41. Plate 35 (page 75): 'The Sun beheld it -- No, the shocking Scene Drove back his chariot'

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

43. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though my soul fantastick measures trod"

44. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 12, "Its favours here are trials, not rewards"

45. The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

46. The Book of Thel, Plate 3, "Thel / I / The daughters of Mne Seraphim . . . ."

47. The Book of Thel, Plate 7, "But he that loves the lowly . . . ."

48. Plate 2 (page 1): 'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe'

49. Plate 3 (page 4): 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod'

50. Plate 7 (page 12): 'Its favours here are trials, not rewards'

51. Plate 20 (page 35): 'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain'

52. Plate 21 (page 37): 'Love, and love only, is the loan for love'

53. Plate 22 (page 40): ' Angels should paint it, angels ever there'

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

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

56. For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Title Page; Plate 2

57. Fire; Plate 7

58. My Son! My Son!; Plate 10

59. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 80, "The thunder if in that the Almighty dwells"

60. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 86, "His hand the good man fastens on the skies"

61. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 87, "Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist"

62. Water; Plate 4

63. Earth; Plate 5

64. Help! Help!; Plate 12

65. I Want! I Want!; Plate 11

66. Alas!; Plate 9

67. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision; Plate 15

68. Death's Door; Plate 17

69. Book of Job, Plate 1, Job and His Family

70. Book of Job, Plate 5, Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord and Job's Charity

71. Book of Job, Plate 7, Job's Comforters

72. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 6, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)

73. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 8, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

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

75. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 14, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)