Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Spring, from Songs of Innocence
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches (4.8 x 7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right: "R."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.1.1
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
grazing | sheep | sitting | genre subject | women | spring | mothers | children | infants | vines | hills | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)

The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)

The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01)

The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20)

Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981-03-08 - 1981-04-19)

Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1981-05-12 - 1981-06-28)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6142