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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Ferneley, John E., 1782–1860
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Drawings & Watercolors
51
Prints
30
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male
81
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
39
Young's Night Thoughts
30
The Spoiled Child
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18th century
75
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watercolor
80
wove paper
78
graphite
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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)
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Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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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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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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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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Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)
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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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Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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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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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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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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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1990-06-23 - 1990-08-05)
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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
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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
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
between 1797 and 1798
5
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
6
William Blake, 1757–1827
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)
between 1797 and 1798
7
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
8
William Blake, 1757–1827
Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)
between 1797 and 1798
9
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)
between 1797 and 1798
10
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
11
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
12
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
13
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111)
between 1797 and 1798
14
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)
between 1797 and 1798
15
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15)
between 1797 and 1798
16
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798
17
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)
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
"Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)
between 1797 and 1798
24
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)
1797
25
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
26
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
27
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
28
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
29
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
between 1797 and 1798
30
William Blake, 1757–1827
"The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)
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
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
35
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)
between 1797 and 1798
36
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
1797
37
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)
1797
38
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
39
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
40
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
1797
41
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
42
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
43
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
44
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
45
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
1797
46
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
47
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
48
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
49
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
50
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
51
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)
1797
52
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
53
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
54
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)
1797
55
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
56
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
57
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
58
William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
between 1797 and 1798
59
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
60
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109)
between 1797 and 1798
61
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Circular Dance (Design 23)
between 1797 and 1798
62
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)
between 1797 and 1798
63
William Blake, 1757–1827
"We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)
between 1797 and 1798
64
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
between 1797 and 1798
65
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fear to stop, and shame to fly..." (Design 91)
between 1797 and 1798
66
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
between 1797 and 1798
67
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
68
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)
between 1797 and 1798
69
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Standard Bearer Fainting in the Routed Battle (Design 87)
between 1797 and 1798
70
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Recruiting Officer
1797
71
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
A Horse pulling a Drag
undated
72
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Clare Castle, Suffolk
between 1797 and 1800
73
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797
1797
74
Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
The Spoiled Child, Scene III
ca. 1802
75
Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
The Spoiled Child, Scene VI
ca. 1802
76
Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Vauxhall Stairs, from Millbank, July 5, 1797
1797
77
John Ferneley, 1782–1860
A Meet of the Quorn at Garrendon Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire
undated
78
John Ferneley, 1782–1860
The Duke of Cumberland Riding With Mr. de Burgh's Hunt
undated
79
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice
1797
80
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Newport High Street, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800
81
Richard Corbould, 1757–1831
Winter
ca. 1802