Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:: "And Rahab Babylon the Great..." (Plate 75)
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1992.8.1(75)
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: dragons | dragon | wings | serpents | snake | angels | literary theme | religious and mythological subject | medallions | crowns | text | women | men
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
Publications:: Peter Otto, Multiplying worlds, romanticism, modernity, and the emergence of virtual reality , Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011, pp. 208-14, figs. 8.6,8.7, PN769 R7 O77 2011 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3509