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A Prancing Horse, Facing Right
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (22.5 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/8 inches (30.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Foxhound on the Scent
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 5/8 × 4 inches (9.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches (4.4 x 4.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Female Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 1/2 x 1 5/8 inches (3.8 x 4.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Female Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 inches (4.8 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Female Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches (4.4 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The First Stage of Cruelty
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (39.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Female Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 x 1 3/4 inches (5.1 x 4.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 3/4 x 2 inches (4.4 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 inches (4.8 x 4.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches (4.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches (4.4 x 4.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 x 1 3/4 inches (5.1 x 4.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 x 1 1/2 inches (5.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 3/4 x 2 inches (4.4 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Female Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 inches (5.4 x 4.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches (4.4 x 4.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grotesque Male Head
Creator:
attributed to William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches (4.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study for the Foundlings
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (11.1 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
George Taylor's Epitaph: Death Giving George Taylor a Cross Buttock
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (22.5 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Gabriel Hunt
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (26.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Hymen

Hymen
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1748
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (49.5 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Benjamin Read
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (26.7 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of a Female Nude
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (26 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (23.2 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Operation Scene in a Hospital with Subsidiary Sketches in the Margin at the Lower Right
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches (29.8 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of Ely Cathedral
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (10.5 x 16.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Landscape with Barn
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, smooth, wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (24.8 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Richard L. Purdy
Christ Church Gate, Canterbury
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1793 to 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (22.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fisherman's Cottage, Dover
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1790s
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (13.3 x 20 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
South Porch and Tower of an Unidentified Church
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 5 inches (20.6 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Hurries: Coal Boats Loading, Whitehaven
Creator:
attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 x 14 inches (21.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 5/8in. (21 x 27cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Interior of St. John's Palace, Eltham
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches (33.3 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches (34.3 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Angler
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 6 1/8 inches (22.9 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Windsor

Windsor
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 × 28 inches (50.8 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A Three Storied Georgian House in a Park
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches (11.1 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Great Tree
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 15 1/4 inches (25.4 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Bridge over the River Rye at Helmsley, with the Castle Beyond
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (18.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Clare Hall and King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, from the Banks of the River Cam
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (20 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Man with Horse and Cart Entering a Quarry
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches (20.7 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Autumn Sowing of the Grain
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 7/8in. (21.6 x 32.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Newark-upon-Trent
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 16 1/2 inches (30.5 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
North East View of Grantham Church, Lincolnshire
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 inches (13 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Near Grindelwald
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, blue wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 7/8 inches (24.1 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
From the Isola Borromena, Lago Maggiore
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 inches (14.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Landscape with Trees and Figures
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 16 5/8 inches (32.4 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dent de Lion, near Margate
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 13 5/8in. (25.7 x 34.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Villa d'Este
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and back ink, blue wash and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches (42.5 x 55.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Landscape with Waterfall
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 3/8 inches (27.6 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Villa Salviati on the Arno
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
between 1796 and 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (18.4 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sir William Hamilton's Villa
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (17.1 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Villa in a Valley near Vietri sul Mare
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 x 9 1/8 inches (17.8 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Santa Lucia, A Convent near Caserta
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 9 3/8in. (15.2 x 23.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"In the flames stood & view'd the armies drawn out in the sky..." (Plate 16)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Title Page. America, A Prophecy (Plate 2)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Silent as despairing love, and strong as jealousy..." (Plate 4)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"The Terror Answered: I am Orc, wreath'd round the accursed tree..." (Plate 10)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Sound! sound! my loud war-trumpets & alarm my Thirteen Angels!..." (Plate 11)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Thus wept the Angel voice & as he wept the terrible blasts..." (Plate 12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"What time the thirteen Governors that England sent convene..." (Plate 15)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll'd..." (Plate 13)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"So cried he, rending off his robe & throwing down his scepter..." (Plate 14)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Over the hills, the vales, the cities, rage the red flames fierce..." (Plate 18)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"On Albions Angels: then the Pestilence began in streaks of red..." (Plate 17)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Preludium. "The shadowy daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc..." (Plate 3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Albions Angel stood beside the Stone of night, and saw..." (Plate 7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"In thunders ends the voice. Then Albions Angel wrathful burnt..." (Plate 9)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Appear to the Americans upon the cloudy night..." (Plate 6)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thel's Motto (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 5)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Frontispiece, The Ancient of Days (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Title Page, Europe a Prophecy (Plate 2)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Plague (Plate 13)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in pale brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Swift on His Downy Pinion Flies from Woe' (Page 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'O treacherous conscience!' (Page 27)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Night the Second. On Time, Death and Friendship; Title Page
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"In happy copulation; if in evening mild, wearied with work..." (Plate 10)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches (34.6 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Nurses Song (Plate 37)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Cradle Song (Plate 26)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection