Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Preludium. "The shadowy daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc..." (Plate 3)
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching 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 center: "PRELUDIUM"; in blue ink upper right: "1"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.2(3)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject | roots | snake | serpent | branches | nudes | shackles | text | cave | leaf | chains | trees | men | women
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. 200, PR4142 .S35 2013

William Blake : Visionary, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, p. 118, pl. 74, NJ18.B57 A12 2020 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3862