Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishText by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 20)
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "21"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1439
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | light | flames | text | mountains | lantern | globe | literary theme | beard | lion | fire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
Publications:
William Blake, Libros profe´ticos, vol. 1, Atalanta, Vilau¨r, Spain, 2013, p. 327, PR4142 .S35 2013Denise Gigante, Life, organic form and Romanticism , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2009, between p. 114 and p. 115..151, Pl. III. 15, PR575.L54 G54 2009 (YCBA)Robert Hoozee, British vision : observation and imagination in British art, 1750-1950, , Mercatorfonds Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels , Ghent, 2007, pp. 23-24, 347, no. 238, fig. 238, N6767 B78 2007 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)