- Title:
- The First Book of Urizen, Plate 10, "7. From the caverns of his jointed spine . . . ." (Bentley 11)
- Date:
- 1794
- Medium:
- Color-printed relief etching in green 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) and Plate: 6 x 4 1/4 inches (15.2 x 10.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "11"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1429
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- blood | chain | fire | flames | hammer | literary theme | men | nudes | shackle | sitting | skeleton | text
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: As a COVID-19 precaution, the Study Room is closed until further notice. - Exhibition History:
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
William Blake (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
- Publications:
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William Blake, Libros profe´ticos, vol. 1, Atalanta, Vilau¨r, Spain, 2013, p. 304, PR4142 .S35 2013
Robert Hoozee, British vision : observation and imagination in British art, 1750-1950, , Mercatorfonds Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels , Ghent, 2007, pp. 23-24, 345, no. 236, fig. 236, N6767 B78 2007 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Peter Otto, Multiplying worlds, romanticism, modernity, and the emergence of virtual reality , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011, p. 198,199, fig. 8.1, PN769 R7 O77 2011 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2355
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British, The First Book of Urizen, Plate 10, "7. From the caverns of his jointed spine . . . ." (Bentley 11), 1794
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