Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
"Over the hills, the vales, the cities, rage the red flames fierce..." (Plate 18)
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in blue ink upper right: "16"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.2(18)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject | serpent | snake | text | vines | trees | flowers (plants) | mourning | thorns
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake: Visionary (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023-10-17 - 2024-01-14)

William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)

The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)

The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
Publications:
William Blake, Libros profe´ticos, vol. 1, Atalanta, Vilau¨r, Spain, 2013, p. 229, PR4142 .S35 2013

William Blake : Visionary, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, p. 131, pl. 89, NJ18.B57 A12 2020 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

William Blake, Tate Publishing, London, p. 73, cat. 48, NJ18.B57 M97 2019 (LC) Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3860