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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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Sharp, William, 1749–1824
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Smith, Samuel, 1745–1808
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Wilson, Richard, 1713–1782
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Young's Night Thoughts
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18th century
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etching (printing process)
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line engraving
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watercolor
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wove paper
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laid paper
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men
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Apollo and Diana kill Niobe's children
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Suffering, misfortune of Niobe
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angels
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arrows
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bridge (built work)
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busts
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children
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clouds
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destruction
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flames
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Boeotia
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Apollo
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Diana
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Niobe
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Exhibition History
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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Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24)
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Picturesque and Sublime - Thomas Cole's Trans-Atlantic Inheritance (Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 2018-04-29 - 2018-11-04)
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Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
ca. 1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
ca. 1797
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Figures engraved by William Sharp, 1749–1824
Niobe
1792