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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Cleghorn, Claud, active 1797–1800
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Baynes, James, 1766–1837
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CAIRNCROSS, Hugh, died 1808
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Cleveley, Robert, 1747–1809
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Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
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Rooker, Michael "Angelo", 1746–1801
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Drawings & Watercolors
73
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
77
unknown
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
58
Plans for Ardgowan House
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18th century
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graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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black ink
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Exhibition History
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
7
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
6
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
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British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55)
between 1797 and 1798
2
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)
between 1797 and 1798
3
William Blake, 1757–1827
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)
between 1797 and 1798
5
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
between 1797 and 1798
6
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hark, how each giant -oak, and desert-cave, Sigh to the torrent's awful voice beneath!..." (Design 57)
between 1797 and 1798
7
William Blake, 1757–1827
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)
between 1797 and 1798
8
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)
between 1797 and 1798
9
William Blake, 1757–1827
Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)
between 1797 and 1798
10
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)
between 1797 and 1798
11
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)
between 1797 and 1798
12
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111)
between 1797 and 1798
13
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)
between 1797 and 1798
14
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15)
between 1797 and 1798
15
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798
16
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)
between 1797 and 1798
17
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise." (Design 21)
between 1797 and 1798
18
William Blake, 1757–1827
"An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)
between 1797 and 1798
19
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
between 1797 and 1798
20
William Blake, 1757–1827
"At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)
between 1797 and 1798
21
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Widower and Children (Design 35)
between 1797 and 1798
22
William Blake, 1757–1827
"And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37)
between 1797 and 1798
23
William Blake, 1757–1827
"With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)
between 1797 and 1798
24
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)
between 1797 and 1798
25
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Author Writing (Design 105)
between 1797 and 1798
26
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)
between 1797 and 1798
27
William Blake, 1757–1827
"My Lade rose, and with a grace– She smil'd, and bid him come to dinner..." (Design 33)
between 1797 and 1798
28
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
between 1797 and 1798
29
William Blake, 1757–1827
"The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)
between 1797 and 1798
30
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)
between 1797 and 1798
31
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)
between 1797 and 1798
32
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)
between 1797 and 1798
33
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)
between 1797 and 1798
34
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)
between 1797 and 1798
35
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)
between 1797 and 1798
36
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)
between 1797 and 1798
37
William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
between 1797 and 1798
38
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)
between 1797 and 1798
39
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Mourner at the Tomb (Design 103)
between 1797 and 1798
40
William Blake, 1757–1827
The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)
between 1797 and 1798
41
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Malignant Fate sat by, and smil'd, The slipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd..." (Design 11)
between 1797 and 1798
42
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109)
between 1797 and 1798
43
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)
between 1797 and 1798
44
William Blake, 1757–1827
Windsor Terrace, a Boy Contemplating a Distant View of Eton College (Design 13)
between 1797 and 1798
45
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Circular Dance (Design 23)
between 1797 and 1798
46
William Blake, 1757–1827
"A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27)
between 1797 and 1798
47
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)
between 1797 and 1798
48
William Blake, 1757–1827
"We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)
between 1797 and 1798
49
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
between 1797 and 1798
50
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Pensive Selima, "Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purr'd applause..." (Design 9)
between 1797 and 1798
51
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fear to stop, and shame to fly..." (Design 91)
between 1797 and 1798
52
William Blake, 1757–1827
Fame (Design 93)
between 1797 and 1798
53
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
between 1797 and 1798
54
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)
between 1797 and 1798
55
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)
between 1797 and 1798
56
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)
between 1797 and 1798
57
William Blake, 1757–1827
"A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)
between 1797 and 1798
58
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Standard Bearer Fainting in the Routed Battle (Design 87)
between 1797 and 1798
59
Sir John Soane, 1753–1837
Hinton St. George, Somerset: View of the Saloon
1797
60
Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845
Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight
1797
61
James Baynes, 1766–1837
Rocks with Central Cavern Among Trees
1797
62
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Clare Castle, Suffolk
between 1797 and 1800
63
Thomas Sunderland, 1744–1828
Bridge over the Severn at Newtown, Looking up the River
1797
64
Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Vauxhall Stairs, from Millbank, July 5, 1797
1797
65
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice
1797
66
Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Attic Floor Plan
1797
67
Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
1797
68
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
A Burial at Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800
69
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Mr. Drummond's Cottage, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800
70
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Newport High Street, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800
71
Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: North North West Elevation
1797
72
Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: South South East Elevation
1797
73
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Saint Cuthbert's Holy Island
1797
74
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Carnarvon Castle, North Wales
1797
75
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Entrance to Festiniog, Wales
1797
76
Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Brechin Cathedral and round tower, Forfarshire, Scotland
1797
77
Hugh Cairncross, died 1808
Designs for Ardgowan House, A Volume
1797
78
unknown artist
Woman near a River
after 1797