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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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Cleghorn, Claud, active 1797–1800
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Hoppner, John, 1758–1810
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Unknown artist
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Ward, William, 1766–1826
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Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Whessell, John, 1760–ca. 1823
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Wilkin, Charles, 1750–1814
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Abbot, John, 1751–ca. 1840
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Anderson, William, 1757–1837
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Boydell, Josiah, 1752–1817
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Burke, Thomas, 1749–1815
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CAIRNCROSS, Hugh, died 1808
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Drawings & Watercolors
73
Prints
61
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
8
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male
142
female
3
unknown
3
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
58
Young's Night Thoughts
41
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
2
Plans for Ardgowan House
1
The Natural History of the Rare Lepidopterious insects of Georgia, London: 1797. Volume 2
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18th century
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wove paper
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watercolor
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graphite
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black ink
70
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line engraving
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Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
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Rebecca, Lady Northwick (nee Bowles, married Sir John Rushout; d. 1818)
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Rushout, Anne (d. 1849)
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angel
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Exhibition History
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1990-06-23 - 1990-08-05)
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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Frick Art Museum, 1990-04-21 - 1990-06-03)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961
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Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
1797
2
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
3
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
4
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
1797
5
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
6
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
7
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
8
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
9
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
10
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
1797
11
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)
1797
12
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
13
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
14
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
15
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
16
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
17
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
18
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Death! great proprietor of all! 'tis thine' (Page 8)
1797
19
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
20
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
21
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
22
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
23
William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
between 1797 and 1798
24
William Blake, 1757–1827
The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)
between 1797 and 1798
25
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)
between 1797 and 1798
26
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)
between 1797 and 1798
27
William Blake, 1757–1827
Windsor Terrace, a Boy Contemplating a Distant View of Eton College (Design 13)
between 1797 and 1798
28
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15)
between 1797 and 1798
29
William Blake, 1757–1827
"A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27)
between 1797 and 1798
30
William Blake, 1757–1827
"At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)
between 1797 and 1798
31
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
between 1797 and 1798
32
William Blake, 1757–1827
"My Lade rose, and with a grace– She smil'd, and bid him come to dinner..." (Design 33)
between 1797 and 1798
33
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Widower and Children (Design 35)
between 1797 and 1798
34
William Blake, 1757–1827
"And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37)
between 1797 and 1798
35
William Blake, 1757–1827
"The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)
between 1797 and 1798
36
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)
between 1797 and 1798
37
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)
between 1797 and 1798
38
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
between 1797 and 1798
39
William Blake, 1757–1827
"A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)
between 1797 and 1798
40
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)
between 1797 and 1798
41
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Standard Bearer Fainting in the Routed Battle (Design 87)
between 1797 and 1798
42
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)
between 1797 and 1798
43
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Pensive Selima, "Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purr'd applause..." (Design 9)
between 1797 and 1798
44
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
between 1797 and 1798
45
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)
between 1797 and 1798
46
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)
between 1797 and 1798
47
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)
between 1797 and 1798
48
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)
between 1797 and 1798
49
William Blake, 1757–1827
Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)
between 1797 and 1798
50
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)
between 1797 and 1798
51
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)
between 1797 and 1798
52
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
between 1797 and 1798
53
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55)
between 1797 and 1798
54
William Blake, 1757–1827
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)
between 1797 and 1798
55
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)
between 1797 and 1798
56
William Blake, 1757–1827
"We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)
between 1797 and 1798
57
William Blake, 1757–1827
Fame (Design 93)
between 1797 and 1798
58
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
1797
59
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)
1797
60
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
61
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
62
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
63
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)
1797
64
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
1797
65
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
66
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
67
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
68
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
1797
69
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
70
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
71
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
1797
72
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
73
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
74
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
75
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
76
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)
between 1797 and 1798
77
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Mourner at the Tomb (Design 103)
between 1797 and 1798
78
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Author Writing (Design 105)
between 1797 and 1798
79
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798
80
William Blake, 1757–1827
"An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)
between 1797 and 1798
81
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)
between 1797 and 1798
82
William Blake, 1757–1827
"With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)
between 1797 and 1798
83
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)
between 1797 and 1798
84
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)
between 1797 and 1798
85
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)
between 1797 and 1798
86
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)
between 1797 and 1798
87
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)
between 1797 and 1798
88
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)
between 1797 and 1798
89
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fear to stop, and shame to fly..." (Design 91)
between 1797 and 1798
90
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)
1797
91
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109)
between 1797 and 1798
92
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111)
between 1797 and 1798
93
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Malignant Fate sat by, and smil'd, The slipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd..." (Design 11)
between 1797 and 1798
94
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)
between 1797 and 1798
95
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise." (Design 21)
between 1797 and 1798
96
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Circular Dance (Design 23)
between 1797 and 1798
97
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
between 1797 and 1798
98
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hark, how each giant -oak, and desert-cave, Sigh to the torrent's awful voice beneath!..." (Design 57)
between 1797 and 1798
99
William Blake, 1757–1827
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)
between 1797 and 1798
100
Robert Streatfeild, 1786–1852
Stowe House, Buckingham
1797
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