Genre: religious and mythological subject / Height [cm]: 42 - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. Borghese Gladiator

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite, verso: graphite, black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (41.9 x 38.7 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

2. Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (41.9 x 21.9 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

3. David before Saul

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with gray and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 22 3/8 inches (41.9 x 56.8 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

4. Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page

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

5. The Christian Triumph; Title Page

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. A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)

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

7. "Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)

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. "To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over 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

9. A Welch Bard (Design 53)

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

10. "Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)

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

11. "Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)

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

12. "Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)

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

13. "Hark, how each giant -oak, and desert-cave, Sigh to the torrent's awful voice beneath!..." (Design 57)

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

14. "O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)

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

15. "Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)

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

16. "An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)

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

17. "At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)

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

18. 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

19. "With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)

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

20. A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)

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

21. The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink, graphite and gouache 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

22. "Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)

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

23. Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)

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

24. The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)

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

25. Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)

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

26. "Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)

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

27. "Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)

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

28. The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)

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

29. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

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

30. Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)

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

31. 'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)

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

32. '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

33. 'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)

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

34. 'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)

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

35. 'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)

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

36. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

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

37. "Malignant Fate sat by, and smil'd, The slipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd..." (Design 11)

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

38. 'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)

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

39. '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

40. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)

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

41. 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

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

42. 'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)

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

43. 'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)

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

44. Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)

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

45. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

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

46. "Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)

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

47. Fame (Design 93)

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

48. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

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

49. "Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)

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

50. 'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)

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

51. Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page

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

52. 'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)

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

53. The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)

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

54. 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

55. 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

56. "The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)

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

57. "Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)

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

58. "We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)

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

59. The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)

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

60. "Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)

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

61. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (42.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. The Triumph of Galatea

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:: 1701
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 9 7/8 inches (43.2 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. Judith with Head of Holofernes

Creator:: Print made by Wallerant Vaillant, 1623–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 × 10 5/16 inches (42.4 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Johannes Potter, Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 3/4 inches (41.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. A Vestal Virgin

Creator:: Print made by William Humphrey, 1745–1810
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 9/16 × 11 13/16 inches (42.1 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. Reverend John Moore, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

Creator:: John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 14 11/16 inches (49.2 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Hero and Leander

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, gouache, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 11 inches (42.2 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. The Paphian Bower

Creator:: George H. Phillips, active 1819–1825
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 26 11/16 inches (52.4 × 67.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Isabella Clara Eugenia

Creator:: Print made by Lucas Vorsterman I, 1595–1675
Date:: ca. 1635
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/16 × 12 3/4 inches (41.8 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. St. John

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:: c.1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 × 16 1/4 inches (51.8 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 x 12 1/4 inches (42.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Cupid and Psyche

Creator:: Print made by William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 21 1/4 inches (49.8 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) Countess of Castlemaine

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 × 13 1/16 inches (42.4 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. The Noble Behavior of Caractacus, before the Emperor Claudius

Creator:: Print made by Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 15 7/16in. (41.9 x 39.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Richard Beadon, Bishop of Bath & Wells

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engravaing on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 1/16 inches (41.9 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Atalanta and Hippomanes

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (42.4 x 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Cupid Disarmed by Venus

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 3/16 inches (50.4 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. St. Nil

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 x 12 15/16 inches (49.7 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. The Briar Wood

Creator:: After Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: 1892
Materials & Techniques:: Photogravure on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 32 3/4 inches (41.9 × 83.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948, Fund

80. The Rose Bower

Creator:: After Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: 1892
Materials & Techniques:: Photogravure on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 30 3/4 inches (41.9 × 78.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948, Fund

81. The Garden Court

Creator:: After Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: 1892
Materials & Techniques:: Photogravure on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 30 1/2 inches (41.9 × 77.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948, Fund

82. First Uncorrected Proof of Arnold Fawcus's Facsimile of Blake's Water-Colour Designs for the Poems of Thomas Gray

Creator:: Print made by Arnold Fawcus, 1917–1979
Date:: 1967
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored collotype on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 12 7/8 inches (42.2 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Archbishop Laud

Creator:: after James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 11 7/8 inches (41.6 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Unbound Facsimile Edition of William Blake's Illustrations for "The Poems of Thomas Gray"

Creator:: Print made by Arnold Fawcus, 1917–1979
Date:: 1972
Materials & Techniques:: Facsimile printed in color
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 13/16in. (41.9 x 32.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Cupid and Hymen

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 9/16 × 13 inches (42.1 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Cupid and Psyche

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 1/8 inches (42.2 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Wine Drinkers

Creator:: Print made by William Strang, 1859–1921
Date:: 1904
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 13 3/8 inches (42.2 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

88. Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter

Creator:: Print made by Luke Sullivan, 1705–1771
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 20 5/8 inches (42.2 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

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1. Borghese Gladiator

2. Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe

3. David before Saul

4. Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page

5. The Christian Triumph; Title Page

6. A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)

7. "Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)

8. "To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)

9. A Welch Bard (Design 53)

10. "Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)

11. "Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)

12. "Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)

13. "Hark, how each giant -oak, and desert-cave, Sigh to the torrent's awful voice beneath!..." (Design 57)

14. "O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)

15. "Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)

16. "An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)

17. "At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)

18. A Widower and Children (Design 35)

19. "With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)

20. A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)

21. The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55)

22. "Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)

23. Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)

24. The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)

25. Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)

26. "Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)

27. "Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)

28. The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)

29. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

30. Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)

31. 'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)

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

33. 'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)

34. 'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)

35. 'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)

36. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

37. "Malignant Fate sat by, and smil'd, The slipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd..." (Design 11)

38. 'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)

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

40. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)

41. 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

42. 'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)

43. 'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)

44. Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)

45. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

46. "Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)

47. Fame (Design 93)

48. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

49. "Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)

50. 'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)

51. Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page

52. 'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)

53. The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)

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

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

56. "The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)

57. "Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)

58. "We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)

59. The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)

60. "Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)

61. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

62. The Triumph of Galatea

63. Judith with Head of Holofernes

64. Johannes Potter, Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis

65. A Vestal Virgin

66. Reverend John Moore, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

67. Hero and Leander

68. The Paphian Bower

69. Isabella Clara Eugenia

70. St. John

71. Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy

72. Cupid and Psyche

73. Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) Countess of Castlemaine

74. The Noble Behavior of Caractacus, before the Emperor Claudius