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Prints and Drawings
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Humphrey, George, ca. 1773–ca. 1831
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Marryat, Frederick Capt., 1792–1848
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Martin, John, 1789–1854
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Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Paintings
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Prints
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
The Progress of a Midshipman Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead in Seven Plates & Frontispiece
1
Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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pen
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aquatint
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black ink
1
canvas
1
colored ink
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etching (printing process)
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graphite
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oil paint
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drawing
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intaglio print
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religious and mythological subject
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landscape
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marine art
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Bible
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Old Testament
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angels
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architectural
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banquet
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boat
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boy
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caricature
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chaos
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clouds
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cold
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columns (architectural elements)
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concubines
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courtiers
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death
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deck
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Babylon
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Iraq
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Associated People
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
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Exhibition History
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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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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Babylon (Musée du Louvre, 2008-03-10 - 2008-06-02)
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Babylon (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2008-06-26 - 2008-10-05)
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Darkness Visible - The Prints of John Martin (Clark Art Institute, 1986-09 - 1987-07-21)
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English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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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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John Martin (Laing Art Gallery, 2011-03-05 - 2011-06-05)
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John Martin (Museums Sheffield, 2011-06-22 - 2011-09-04)
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John Martin (Tate Britain, 2011-09-21 - 2012-01-15)
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Panoramania (Barbican Art Gallery, 1988-11-03 - 1989-01-15)
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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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Thomas Cole's Journey - Atlantic Crossings (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018-01-29 - 2018-05-13)
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Thomas Cole's Journey - Atlantic Crossings (The National Gallery, London, 2018-06-13 - 2018-10-07)
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William Blake (Tokyo) (The National Museum of Western Art, 1990-09-18 - 1990-11-25)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Tate Britain, 1978-03-08 - 1978-05-21)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978-06-10 - 1978-07-15)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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John Martin, 1789–1854
Belshazzar's Feast
1820
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Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
The Crescent Moon
undated
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
ca. 1825
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Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Mr. B. on the Middle Watch--"Cold blows the wind & rain's coming on's - Plate 3
1820