- Title:
- Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 13)
- 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 1/4 inches (14.6 x 10.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "14"
Lettered inside image, center: "1 Urizen C:V:"; left: "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided | Before the death image of Urizen | For in changeable clouds and darkness | In a winterly night beneath, | The Abyss of Los stretch'd immense: | And now seen, now obscur'd to the eyes | Of Eternals, the visions remote"; right: "Of the dark separation appear'd. | As glasses discover Worlds | In the endless Abyss of space. | So the expanding eyes of Immortals | Beheld the dark visions of Los, | And the globe of life blood trembling."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1432
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beard | earth | globe | literary theme | men | night | 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:2358
- Export:
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