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1. Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)

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: 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. III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)

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: 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

3. III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)

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

4. Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)

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

5. 'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)

'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)

'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)

The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
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

8. A Cradle Song (Plate 18)

A Cradle Song (Plate 18)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Infant Joy (Plate 14)

Infant Joy (Plate 14)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. "At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell" (Plate 8)

"At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell" (Plate 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Frontispiece, "What is Man!" (Plate 2)

Frontispiece, "What is Man!" (Plate 2)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)

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

13. What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Infant Shakespeare (engraving for Boydell's "Shakespeare Gallery")

The Infant Shakespeare (engraving for Boydell's "Shakespeare Gallery")
Creator:
Benjamin Smith, 1775–1833
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of John Gerli, B.A. 1932

15. The Battle of the Cataplasm

The Battle of the Cataplasm
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (28.2 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)
Creator:
Print made by Jean B. Michel, active 1803
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 29 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (74.9 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Mr. Wood Offers to Adopt Little Jack Sheppard

Mr. Wood Offers to Adopt Little Jack Sheppard
Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 7 7/16 inches (22 x 18.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

18. "This is fairy gold, boy, and will prove so"

"This is fairy gold, boy, and will prove so"
Creator:
James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 13/16 x 13 1/16 inches (42.7 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. To Phoebus at His Birth, From Aeschylus, Furies

To Phoebus at His Birth, From Aeschylus, Furies
Creator:
John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 inches (18.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Illustration for Shakespeare's " A Winter's Tale" or '"Cymbeline"

Illustration for Shakespeare's " A Winter's Tale" or '"Cymbeline"
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Oil and pen and brown ink on wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (6.4 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with brown and black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with additional inscribed sheet mounted lower center
Dimensions:
Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/8 inches (58.5 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Birth of Shakespeare

Birth of Shakespeare
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 × 5 inches (7.6 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938