Genre: religious and mythological subject / Subject Terms: sun

1. The Rock of Salvation

Creator:: Samuel Colman, 1780–1845
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 29 1/4 inches (61.3 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. Jacob's Dream

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (163.8 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Deluge

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 66 1/4 × 101 3/4 inches (168.3 × 258.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Morning of Life

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1860-1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches (19 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Glaucus and Scylla

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1813 to 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; modern impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 5/8 inches (33.3 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Glaucus and Scylla

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (h) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 1/2 inches (27.3 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Jerusalem, Tailpiece (Plate 100)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches (26.4 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Jerusalem, Plate 28 Proof Impression

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink; proof on medium, smooth wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches (11.1 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. "His Children exil'd from his breast..." (Plate 19)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. "And there was heard a great lamenting in Beulah..."; Chapter 1 Tailpiece (Plate 25)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. "And One stood forth from the Divine Family..." (Plate 37)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. "The Atlantic Mountains where Giants dwelt..." Chapter 2 Tailpiece (Plate 50)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. "And this the form of mighty Hand..." (Plate 70)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. "And the Thirty-two Counties of the Four Provinces of Ireland..." (Plate 72)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Jerusalem, Chapter 4. "The Spectres of Albions Twelve Sons..." (Plate 78)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. "Became a Space & an Allegory..." (Plate 85)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. "But when they saw Albion fall'n..." (Plate 20)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. "Jerusalem, Chapter 2. Every ornament of perfection..." (Plate 28)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. "Reuben return'd to his place, in vain..." (Plate 36)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. "By Satan's Watch-fiends tho' they search..." (Plate 39)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. "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

23. Aged Ignorance (Plate 13)

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

24. "To The Accuser who is The God of This World..." (Plate 19)

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

25. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Title Page (Plate 1)

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

26. "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

27. 'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)

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

28. 'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

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

29. 'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)

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

30. "It is easier to forgive an enemy..." (Plate 91)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. "Albion cold lays on his Rock..." (Plate 94)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. "Awake! Awake Jerusalem..." (Plate 97)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. "Jerusalem, Chapter 3. But Los, who is the Vehicular Form..." (Plate 53)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (34.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. "In Great Eternity every particular Form..." (Plate 54)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. "Jehovah stood among the Druids..." (Plate 63)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. "Of the Mundane Shell which froze..." (Plate 64)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. 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

38. "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

39. 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

40. 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

41. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, scratching out and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 24 1/8 inches (40.6 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Helios

Creator:: William Pitts, 1790–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (27.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

43. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with chine collé; published state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 30 13/16 inches (59.1 × 78.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Mystery of the Faith

Creator:: Eric Gill, 1882–1940
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 x 3 1/8 inches (11.6 x 8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith and Norman A. Zlotsky, Yale BS 1953

46. Saint Paulus

Creator:: Print made by Elias Nessenthaler, 1664–1714
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 1/4 inches (34.4 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. Mercury and Argus

Creator:: Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; fourth state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 5/8 × 22 1/2 inches (75.2 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Mercury and Argus

Creator:: Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with chine collé; second state on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 1/2 × 22 3/4 inches (74.9 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Mercury and Argus

Creator:: Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with chine collé; first published state on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 33 × 25 1/4 inches (83.8 × 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Death's Door

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808, published 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Le Ete - Der Sommer

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (40.3 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Apollo and Daphne

Creator:: Print made by Elisha Kirkall, ca. 1682–1742
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/8 inches (16.7 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Pharaoh and Moses

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 7 inches (11.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Mercury and Argus

Creator:: Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with chine collé; engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 1/4 × 19 inches (74.3 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. A Scene on Mount Olympus

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4in. (21 x 28.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. The Morning of Life

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1860-1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 5/16 inches (22.6 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Bacchus and Ariadne

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on beige board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (47.6 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Rock of Salvation

2. Jacob's Dream

3. The Deluge

4. The Morning of Life

5. Glaucus and Scylla

6. Glaucus and Scylla

7. Jerusalem, Tailpiece (Plate 100)

8. Jerusalem, Plate 28 Proof Impression

9. "His Children exil'd from his breast..." (Plate 19)

10. "And there was heard a great lamenting in Beulah..."; Chapter 1 Tailpiece (Plate 25)

11. "And One stood forth from the Divine Family..." (Plate 37)

12. "The Atlantic Mountains where Giants dwelt..." Chapter 2 Tailpiece (Plate 50)

13. "And this the form of mighty Hand..." (Plate 70)

14. "And the Thirty-two Counties of the Four Provinces of Ireland..." (Plate 72)

15. Jerusalem, Chapter 4. "The Spectres of Albions Twelve Sons..." (Plate 78)

16. "Became a Space & an Allegory..." (Plate 85)

17. Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Title Page (Plate 2)

18. "But when they saw Albion fall'n..." (Plate 20)

19. "Jerusalem, Chapter 2. Every ornament of perfection..." (Plate 28)

20. "Reuben return'd to his place, in vain..." (Plate 36)

21. "By Satan's Watch-fiends tho' they search..." (Plate 39)

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

23. Aged Ignorance (Plate 13)

24. "To The Accuser who is The God of This World..." (Plate 19)

25. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Title Page (Plate 1)

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

27. 'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)

28. 'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

29. 'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)

30. "It is easier to forgive an enemy..." (Plate 91)

31. "Albion cold lays on his Rock..." (Plate 94)

32. "Awake! Awake Jerusalem..." (Plate 97)

33. "Jerusalem, Chapter 3. But Los, who is the Vehicular Form..." (Plate 53)

34. "In Great Eternity every particular Form..." (Plate 54)

35. "Jehovah stood among the Druids..." (Plate 63)

36. "Of the Mundane Shell which froze..." (Plate 64)

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

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

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

40. Frontispiece, The Ancient of Days (Plate 1)

41. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

42. Helios

43. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)

44. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

45. The Mystery of the Faith

46. Saint Paulus

47. Mercury and Argus

48. Mercury and Argus

49. Mercury and Argus

50. Death's Door

51. Le Ete - Der Sommer

52. Apollo and Daphne

53. Pharaoh and Moses

54. Mercury and Argus

55. A Scene on Mount Olympus

56. The Morning of Life

57. Bacchus and Ariadne