- Title:
- 'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1797
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm), Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm), Plate: 16 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (41.3 x 32.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "63 | To dust when drop proud nature's proudest spheres, | And live entire: death is the crown of life; | Were death denied, poor man would live in vain; | Were death denied, to live would not be life; | Were death denied, even fools would wish to die: | Death wounds to cure: we fall, we rise, we reign! | Spring from our fetters, fasten in the skies | Where blooming Eden withers in our sight. | Death gives us more than was in Eden lost; | *This KING OF TERRORS is the PRINCE OF PEACE. | When shall I die to vanity, pain, death? | When shall I die?--when shall I live for ever?"; lower left: "inv & sc | WB"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1405
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beard | literary theme | men | paper | scrolls | text
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2331
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The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]