Materials & Techniques: etching (printing process) / Date: 1797 / Period: 18th century

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

The Christian Triumph; Title Page

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)

1797

John William Edy, 1760–1820

View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Spithead, May 1, 1795

1797

James Gillray, 1756–1815

Le Coup de Maitre

1797

Print made by Robert Pollard, 1755–1838

His Majesty Reviewing His Troops on Black Heath

1797

Print made by Francis Haward, 1759–1797

Cymon and Iphigenia

1797

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

The Birth of Pyrrhus

1797

Print made by William Nelson Gardiner, 1766–1814

Mr. Kemble, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

1797

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

Turnips & Carrots ho

1797

Edward Harding, 1755–1840

Sir John Medina

1797

Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

Turnips and Carrots

1797

Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812

Turnips & Carrots ho

1797

Refine your search

Collection

Creator

Date

On-site Access

Image Use

Image Available

Classification

Creator Gender

Collective Title

Period

Materials & Techniques

Height [cm]

Width [cm]

Work Type

Genre

Subject Terms

Associated Places

Associated People

Exhibition History

Credit Line

Materials & Techniques etching (printing process)

Date 1797

Period 18th century

YCBA Collections Search

Refine your search

Search Constraints

Materials & Techniques etching (printing process)

Date 1797

Period 18th century

Search Results