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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young's Night Thoughts
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
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18th century
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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 (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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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 - 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 Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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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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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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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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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
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Widower and Children (Design 35)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)
between 1797 and 1798
10
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)
between 1797 and 1798
14
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)
between 1797 and 1798
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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
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Fame (Design 93)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
between 1797 and 1798
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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
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
between 1797 and 1798
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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
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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
"Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)
between 1797 and 1798
25
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)
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
"Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)
between 1797 and 1798
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
32
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
33
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
1797
34
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
35
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
36
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
1797
37
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
38
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
39
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
40
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
41
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
42
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)
1797
43
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
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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
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
between 1797 and 1798
47
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
1797
48
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)
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
50
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)
1797
51
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
52
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
53
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
54
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
55
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
1797
56
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
57
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
58
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
1797
60
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
61
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
62
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
63
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)
1797
64
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
65
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
66
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
67
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
68
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)
between 1797 and 1798
69
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)
between 1797 and 1798
70
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
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55)
between 1797 and 1798
72
William Blake, 1757–1827
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)
between 1797 and 1798
73
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)
between 1797 and 1798
74
William Blake, 1757–1827
"We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)
between 1797 and 1798
75
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)
between 1797 and 1798
76
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
77
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
1797
78
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
79
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
80
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
81
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797