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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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Young's Night Thoughts
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The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
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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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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death and Friendship; Title Page
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience!' (Page 27)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Swift on His Downy Pinion Flies from Woe' (Page 1)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain' (Page 46)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
ca. 1797
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John Thirtle, 1777–1839
Shore Scene with Sailing Ship at Quay
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Sir Robert Ker Porter, 1777–1842
Caernarvon Castle
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