- Title:
- Chapter III, "As the stars are apart from the earth..." (Plate 7)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1794
- Materials & Techniques:
- Color-printed relief etching in green 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), Plate: 5 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches (14.6 x 11.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "8"
Lettered inside image, center: "1 Urizen C: III."; left: "As the stars are apart from the earth | 9. Los wept howling around the dark | Demon: | And cursing his lot for in anguish, | Urizen was rent from his side: | And a fathomless void for his feet; | And intense fires for his dwelling."; right: "10. But Urizen laid in a stony sleep | Unorganiz'd. rent from Eternity | 11. The Eternals said: What is this? Death | Urizen is a clod of clay."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1426
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- fire | flames | literary theme | men | nudes | serpent | snake | 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:2352
- Export:
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- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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