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There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 1, Frontispiece (Bentley a1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 10, "I Mans perceptions are not bounded . . . . " (Bentley b3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 2, "The Argument . . . . " (Bentley a3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 11, "II Reason or the ratio . . . . " (Bentley b4)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 3, "I Man cannot naturally . . . ." (Bentley a4)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 7, "V Mans desires . . . . " (Bentley a8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 9, "Therefore God becomes . . . . " (Bentley b12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 13, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 25, "A Long Story."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 31, "A Long Story."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 3, "Ode on the Spring."
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 39, "Ode to Adversity."
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 45, "The Progress of Poesy."
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 51, "The Progress of Poesy."
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 55, "The Bard."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink, graphite and gouache 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 79, "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 81, "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 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 85, "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 89, "The Triumphs of Owen."
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 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."
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 9, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Songs of Innocence, Plate 10, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)
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: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Plate 14, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Plate 16, "Night" (Bentley 20)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Plate 4, "A Dream" (Bentley 26)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 4, "II Man by his reasoning power . . . ." (Bentley a5)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 5, "III From a perception . . . . " (Bentley a6)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 6, "IV None could have . . . ." (Bentley a7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 8, "VI The desires & perceptions . . . . " (Bentley a9)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
America. A Prophecy, Plate 7, "Albions Angel stood...."
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
Songs of Innocence, Plate 1, Frontispiece (Bentley 2)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Plate 18, "A Cradle Song" (Bentley 16)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Plate 2, Title Page (Bentley 3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Plate 22, "Nurse's Song" (Bentley 38)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 16 9/16 inches (31.2 × 42 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960
pl. 1: The Circle of the Lustful [' ...and like a corpse fell to the ground' Hell; Canto v. line 137.]
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 21 7/16 inches (37.5 × 54.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 21 1/2 inches (38.8 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 21 9/16 inches (39 × 54.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 21 1/4 inches (37.8 × 54 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2, "Preludium to the Book of Urizen" (Bentley 2)
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
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 20, "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 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
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 21 (Bentley 16)
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
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23 (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: 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
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 9, "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 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 1, Title Page
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 10, "My son! my Son!"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 11, "I want! I want!"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 3, "I found him beneath a Tree"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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 7, "Fire"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 9, "Alas!"
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 First Book of Urizen, Plate 14, "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 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
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
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 17, "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: 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
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 19, "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 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
The Book of Thel, Plate 1, "Thel's Motto . . . ."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Book of Thel, Plate 5, "II. / O little Cloud . . . ."
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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Book of Thel, Plate 4, "Why should the mistress . . . ."
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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Albion Compelling the Four Zoas to Their Proper Tasks
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches (25.1 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
A View of St. Edmund's Chapel, in the Church of East Dereham, Containing the Grave of William Cowper Esq.
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 11 1/2 inches (29.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Book of Thel, Plate 4, "Why should the mistress . . . ."
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
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
Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1786 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (18.7 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Gambols of Ghosts According with Their Affections Previous to the Final Judgement
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1805 to 1808
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/16 × 12 1/2 inches (46.2 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

474. Pity

Pity
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Color monotype, watercolor, pen and black ink, and varnish on moderately textured wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (41.3 x 51.4 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
A Sketch of the Monument Erected in the Church of East Dereham in Norfolk in Memory of William Cowper Esq.
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 11 1/2 inches (29.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Plate 30, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 7, "Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tounge"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 23, "We censure nature for a span too short"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The longest night though longer far, would fail"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 25, "Behold him, when past by; what then is seen"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Death of Juliet
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (24.4 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960
The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper (volume 3)
Creator:
Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1803-1804
Materials & Techniques:
Etchings and line engravings 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
The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Fable XIII. The Tame Stag
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable I. The Dog and the Fox
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XVI. The Pin and the Needle
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XII. Pan and Fortune
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XVI. The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale" (Tampered with but Not Fake)
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 20 5/8 inches (38.1 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Lear Awakened by Cordelia
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1774
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches (38 x 49 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
John Henderson as Falstaff
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Gray ink and gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.3 x 31.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Sketchbook Drawing
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund