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1. Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)

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 printed in orange-brown ink, with watercolor 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

2. The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)

The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Widower and Children (Design 35)

A Widower and Children (Design 35)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. "In the flames stood & view'd the armies drawn out in the sky..." (Plate 16)

"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

5. Preludium. "The shadowy daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc..." (Plate 3)

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

6. "Silent as despairing love, and strong as jealousy..." (Plate 4)

"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

7. Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)

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

8. Study of an Old Tree: Trunk and Creeper-Covered Roots

Study of an Old Tree: Trunk and Creeper-Covered Roots

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with grey wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 inches (18.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Scadoxus Puniceus

Scadoxus Puniceus

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (30.2 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Cucumis Metuliferus

Cucumis Metuliferus

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (30.2 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Dying Hindu Brought to the River Ganges

A Dying Hindu Brought to the River Ganges

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches (27 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Ensete Ventricosum

Ensete Ventricosum

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (22.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Astragalus Atropilosulus and Gomphocarpus Fruticosus

Astragalus Atropilosulus and Gomphocarpus Fruticosus

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 3/4 inches (30.5 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Enzerazei (Oenostachys abyssinica)

Enzerazei (Oenostachys abyssinica)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (31.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Effarazengh (Kniphofia foliosa)

Effarazengh (Kniphofia foliosa)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (31.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Bahah (Rhus retinorrhoea) and Cura-Magiett (Cucumis metuliferus)

Bahah (Rhus retinorrhoea) and Cura-Magiett (Cucumis metuliferus)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Uschis (Coccinea abyssinica)

Uschis (Coccinea abyssinica)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 1/2 inches (17.5 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The White Lily with Variegated-Leaves, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812

The White Lily with Variegated-Leaves, 1800, from Robert John Thornton, the 'Temple of Flora', 1799-1812

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 1780–1812
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint engraving with original hand color on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches (51.8 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961