Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
London (Plate 39)
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "25"; in graphite, lower center: "39"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1570
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | children | text | stone | vines | house | historical subject | cane | fire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)

William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)

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:
Vic Gatrell, The first bohemians : life and art in London's golden age, , Allen Lane, London, 2013, pp. 360, 361, fig. 165, NX544.L6 G37 2013 (YCBA)

VALA : The journal of the Blake Society, The Blake Society, London, p. 6, PR4146.B54 V35+ (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2517