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Prints and Drawings
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
139
Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
81
Young, Edward, 1683–1765
81
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
58
Unknown artist
37
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
21
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
15
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
15
Gaugain, Thomas, 1748–1812
14
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764–1811
13
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
11
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
11
Hellyer, Thomas, active 1800
10
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
9
Newton, Richard, 1777–1798
8
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
8
Cleghorn, Claud, active 1797–1800
7
Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804
7
Walker, James, 1748–1808
7
Ward, William, 1766–1826
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1769
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1690
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441
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372
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70
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366
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76
Classification
Prints
276
Drawings & Watercolors
79
Books
63
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
10
Archives & Manuscripts
6
Maps & Atlas (printed)
2
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
2
Dissertations & Theses
1
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Paintings
1
Creator Gender
male
349
unknown
115
female
3
Collective Title
Young's Night Thoughts
81
The Poems of Thomas Gray
58
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798
7
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
3
Cries of London
2
The Natural History of the Rare Lepidopterious insects of Georgia, London: 1797. Volume 2
2
Three Views of Cottages near Colchester
2
Howlett's 'Selection of Views in the County of Lincoln,' 1797-1801
1
Plans for Ardgowan House
1
The Copper-Plate Magazine and The Itinerant
1
The Cries of London
1
Period
18th century
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442
19th century
4
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
142
watercolor
124
graphite
78
black ink
76
line engraving
59
etching (printing process)
51
stipple engraving
29
pen
21
brown ink
16
mezzotint
16
laid paper
12
aquatint
9
gray ink
6
wash
6
hand coloring
5
gouache
4
color printing
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122
intaglio print
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89
aquatint
12
auction catalog
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6
engraving
6
correspondence
3
etching
3
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3
ink drawing
3
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2
map
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literary theme
113
religious and mythological subject
85
architectural subject
23
portrait
22
landscape
19
genre subject
16
marine art
9
cityscape
8
historical subject
8
military art
5
animal art
4
botanical subject
2
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literary theme
108
text
95
religious and mythological subject
81
men
77
women
55
man
53
trees
33
woman
23
beard
21
clouds
20
children
19
nudes
19
water
19
architectural subject
17
landscape
17
wings
17
angel
16
nude
16
angels
14
armor
14
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Subject Period
18th century
6
17th century
1
Associated Places
England
38
United Kingdom
33
Europe
20
London
18
Great Britain
14
Scotland
10
Wales
5
Greater London
4
Isle of Wight
4
Cymru
3
Eton College
2
Gwynedd
2
Hampton Court
2
Hereford and Worcester
2
Herefordshire
2
Leominster
2
London (England)
2
Lugg
2
Thames
2
Westminster
2
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Associated People
Harrison, James, 1765–1847
2
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
2
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
2
Bartolozzi, Gaetano Stefano, 1757–1821
1
Biggs, Charlotte, d. 1827
1
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753–1813
1
Cain (Biblical figure)
1
Cartwright, Edmund, 1743–1823
1
Clément, R
1
Collins, Mrs., -approximately 1797
1
Constable, John, 1776–1837
1
Cooke, J.,
1
De Britaine, William
1
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780
1
Dryden, John, 1631–1700
1
Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse, 1611–1665
1
Dupont, Gainsborough
1
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
1
Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815
1
Gay, John, 1685–1732
1
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Exhibition History
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
44
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
44
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
15
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
7
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
5
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
5
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
5
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
5
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
4
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
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)
3
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)
3
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)
3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
2
Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)
2
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
2
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
2
The Body Politic: The Evolution of Political Satire in Print (Yale University Art Gallery, 2000-09-01 - 2000-11-26)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
330
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
18
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
2
Yale Center for British Art
1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David M. Doret in memory of William Ferguson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Ruth Ivor
1
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
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mary E. Knapp
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan L. Darling in Memory of Arthur Burr Darling, Yale 1916
1
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael Zinman
1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Doris M. Brixey
1
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George Garrard, 1760–1826
Ranger, a setter, the property of Elizabeth Gray
1797
Not on view
2
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'And vapid; sense and reason shew the door' (Page 72)
1797
3
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death, and Immortality; Title Page
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
8
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
9
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
10
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
11
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
12
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
1797
13
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
1797
14
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
15
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain' (Page 46)
1797
16
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
17
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
1797
18
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
1797
19
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
20
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
21
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
22
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
23
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
24
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
25
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
26
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
27
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
28
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
29
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
30
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
1797
31
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
32
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
33
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
34
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111)
between 1797 and 1798
35
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)
between 1797 and 1798
36
William Blake, 1757–1827
Windsor Terrace, a Boy Contemplating a Distant View of Eton College (Design 13)
between 1797 and 1798
37
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798
38
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise." (Design 21)
between 1797 and 1798
39
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
40
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)
between 1797 and 1798
41
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15)
between 1797 and 1798
42
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)
between 1797 and 1798
43
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
between 1797 and 1798
44
William Blake, 1757–1827
"And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37)
between 1797 and 1798
45
William Blake, 1757–1827
"With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)
between 1797 and 1798
46
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
47
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Widower and Children (Design 35)
between 1797 and 1798
48
William Blake, 1757–1827
"An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)
between 1797 and 1798
49
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)
between 1797 and 1798
50
William Blake, 1757–1827
"At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)
between 1797 and 1798
51
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Circular Dance (Design 23)
between 1797 and 1798
52
William Blake, 1757–1827
"A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27)
between 1797 and 1798
53
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
between 1797 and 1798
54
William Blake, 1757–1827
"The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)
between 1797 and 1798
55
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)
between 1797 and 1798
56
William Blake, 1757–1827
Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)
between 1797 and 1798
57
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
between 1797 and 1798
58
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)
between 1797 and 1798
59
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)
between 1797 and 1798
60
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
61
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)
between 1797 and 1798
62
William Blake, 1757–1827
Fame (Design 93)
between 1797 and 1798
63
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
between 1797 and 1798
64
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
65
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)
between 1797 and 1798
66
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
between 1797 and 1798
67
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
68
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)
between 1797 and 1798
69
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)
between 1797 and 1798
70
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)
between 1797 and 1798
71
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)
between 1797 and 1798
72
William Blake, 1757–1827
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)
between 1797 and 1798
73
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
74
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)
between 1797 and 1798
75
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)
between 1797 and 1798
76
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
77
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
78
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
1797
79
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
80
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
81
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
1797
82
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
83
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
84
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
85
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
86
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
87
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)
1797
88
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
89
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
90
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Mourner at the Tomb (Design 103)
between 1797 and 1798
91
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Author Writing (Design 105)
between 1797 and 1798
92
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
93
William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
between 1797 and 1798
94
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
95
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
96
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
97
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
98
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
99
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
100
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
1797
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