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Prints and Drawings
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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1794
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The First Book of Urizen, Copy C
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18th century
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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William Blake (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
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British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
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William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 10)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 19)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 20)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 23)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 4)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 3)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 6)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter III, "As the stars are apart from the earth..." (Plate 7)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 9)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 11)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 13)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 15)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 17)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 25)
1794