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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834
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Bone, Henry Pierce, 1779–1855
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male
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Collective Title
The First Book of Urizen, Copy A
28
The First Book of Urizen, Copy C
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Europe. A Prophecy, Copy A
1
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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18th century
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watercolor
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wove paper
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color printing
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relief etching
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Kemble, Stephen (1758–1822), actor and entertainer
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Lady Macbeth (character in Macbeth)
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Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
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Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress
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Sir John Falstaff
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Exhibition History
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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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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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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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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William Blake (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
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British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II
ca. 1799
Not on view
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii
ca. 1799
Not on view
3
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 3)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 4)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 6)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen (Plate 8)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 10)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 11)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen (Plate 14)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 15)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 19)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 20)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen (Plate 21)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 25)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 9)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 12)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15 (Bentley 14)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 16)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 17)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 20)
1794
24
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los Falls through Fire (Plate 21)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 25)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 28 (Bentley 27)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 3)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 6)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 7)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 22)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23 (Bentley 9)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 26)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter III, "As the stars are apart from the earth..." (Plate 9)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Now comes the night of Enitharmons joy!..." (Plate 7)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
From a Globe of Blood Rises Enitharmon (Plate 11)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 14)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Los howld in a dismal stupor..." (Plate 10)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Los smitten with astonishment..." (Plate 12)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 13)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 19)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 24)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 27)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4 (Bentley 24)
1794
47
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 5)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 8)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 5)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter III, "As the stars are apart from the earth..." (Plate 7)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 13)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
From a Globe of Blood Rises Enitharmon (Plate 16)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 17)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen (Plate 22)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 23)
1794
57
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 24)
1794
58
Henry Pierce Bone, 1779–1855
The Sleepwalking Scene in Macbeth
undated
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Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Hamlet in Scotland
1794