Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Pity
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Color printed monotype, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and varnish on moderately textured wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (41.3 x 51.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6321
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
children | infants | women | floating | angels | horses (animals) | literary theme
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)

Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)

Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)

Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)

Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)
Publications:
Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 4, ND466 .G67 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:7243