Materials & Techniques: etching (printing process) / Width [cm]: 32 / Subject Terms: religious and mythological subject

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Florence, from the Chiesa al Monte

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with chine collé; engraver's proof (aa) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 1/2 inches (30.5 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Saint Stephen's, Walbrook

Creator:: Print made by John Bluck, active 1791–1831
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 5/8 inches (23.9 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

30. Christ Church College, Oxford

Creator:: Print made by James Redway, active 1827–1838
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; third state on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 11/16 inches (27.9 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Isabella Clara Eugenia

Creator:: Print made by Lucas Vorsterman I, 1595–1675
Date:: ca. 1635
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/16 × 12 3/4 inches (41.8 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Florence, from the Chiesa al Monte

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etched state on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 12 3/4 inches (21.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. St. Catherine's Hill, near Guildford, Surrey

Creator:: Print made by James H. Kernot, 1802–1858
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with chine collé; 2nd state on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 15/16 inches (27.1 × 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Charon's Boat

Creator:: Print made by John Bell, 1811–1895
Date:: between 1838 and 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (21.2 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Juvenis auscultans seni de divinis admonenti

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (46.6 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Dido Building Carthage

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: between 1859 and 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (22.2 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius

Creator:: Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876
Date:: between 1859 and 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 12 3/4 inches (22.9 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Bay of Baiæ, Apollo and the Sibyl

Creator:: Print made by Robert Brandard, 1805–1862
Date:: between 1859 and 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 12 1/2 inches (22.9 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. 'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Florence, from the Chiesa al Monte

29. Saint Stephen's, Walbrook

30. Christ Church College, Oxford

31. Isabella Clara Eugenia

32. Florence, from the Chiesa al Monte

33. St. Catherine's Hill, near Guildford, Surrey

34. Charon's Boat

35. Juvenis auscultans seni de divinis admonenti

36. Dido Building Carthage

37. Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius

38. The Bay of Baiæ, Apollo and the Sibyl