Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishText by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Frontispiece, The Ancient of Days (Plate 1)
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in graphite center: "1"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.4(1)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
nudes | compass | men | religious and mythological subject | beard | sun
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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:
Matthew Hargraves, William Blake and Paul Mellon : the life of the mind, Open Knowledge Foundation, New York, 2014, [ pp. 5-6 ], fig. 4, V 2557Matthew Hargraves, William Blake and Paul Mellon : the life of the mind, Open Knowledge Foundation, New York, 2014, [ pp. 5-6 ], fig. 4, http://openglam.org/2014/10/07/william-blake-and-paul-mellon-the-life-of-the-mindDavid H. Solkin, Art in Britain 1660-1815, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2015, p. 255-256, fig. 260, N6766 S65 2015 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Colin Trodd, The Energy Man: Blake, Nietzscheanism and Cultural Criticism in Britain, 1890-1920, Visual Culture in Britain, 19, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, England, p. 290, N6761 V57 (LC) (YCBA)William Blake : Visionary, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, p. 132, pl. 90, NJ18.B57 A12 2020 OVERSIZE (YCBA)