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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
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Stockdale, John, ca. 1749–1814
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Kent, William, ca.1686–1748
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Wootton, John, approximately 1682–1764
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Gravelot, Hubert-François, 1699–1773
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For Children: The Gates of Paradise, Copy E
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America. A Prophecy, Copy M
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Gay's Fables
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Fables by John Gay, Vol. I
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Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Copy I
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Fables by John Gay, Vol. II
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Europe. A Prophecy, Copy A
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wove paper
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Exhibition History
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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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: Visionary (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023-10-17 - 2024-01-14)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Romantics & Revolutionaries : Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-03-30)
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William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)
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The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Thus wept the Angel voice & as he wept the terrible blasts..." (Plate 12)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Silent as despairing love, and strong as jealousy..." (Plate 4)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
A Prophecy. "The Guardian Prince of Albion burns in his nightly tent..." (Plate 5)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Appear to the Americans upon the cloudy night..." (Plate 6)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In thunders ends the voice. Then Albions Angel wrathful burnt..." (Plate 9)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Frontispiece. Albion's Angel (Plate 1)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll'd..." (Plate 13)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"On Albions Angels: then the Pestilence began in streaks of red..." (Plate 17)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"The Terror Answered: I am Orc, wreath'd round the accursed tree..." (Plate 10)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Sound! sound! my loud war-trumpets & alarm my Thirteen Angels!..." (Plate 11)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"So cried he, rending off his robe & throwing down his scepter..." (Plate 14)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"What time the thirteen Governors that England sent convene..." (Plate 15)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In the flames stood & view'd the armies drawn out in the sky..." (Plate 16)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page. America, A Prophecy (Plate 2)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Albions Angel stood beside the Stone of night, and saw..." (Plate 7)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"The morning comes, the night decays, the watchmen leave their stations..." (Plate 8)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Over the hills, the vales, the cities, rage the red flames fierce..." (Plate 18)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium. "The shadowy daughter of Urthona stood before red Orc..." (Plate 3)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I Found Him Beneath a Tree (Plate 3)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Water (Plate 4)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fear & Hope Are -- Vision (Plate 15)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Frontispiece (Plate 1)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, Visions of the Daughters of Albion (Plate 2)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"And none but Bromian can hear my lamentations..." (Plate 6)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"But when the morn arose, her lamentation renewd..." (Plate 8)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In happy copulation; if in evening mild, wearied with work..." (Plate 10)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Air (Plate 6)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fire (Plate 7)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Visions. "Enslav'd, the Daughters of Albion weep..." (Plate 4)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Earth (Plate 5)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell (Plate 8)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Aged Ignorance (Plate 13)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This? (Plate 14)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening (Plate 16)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Death's Door (Plate 17)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, For Children. The Gates of Paradise (Plate 2)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Alas! (Plate 9)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
My Son! My Son! (Plate 10)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Help! Help! (Plate 12)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister (Plate 18)
1793
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Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
For Children. The Gates of Paradise, London, by William Blake
1793
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Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Visions of the Daughters of Albion: The Eye Sees More than the Heart Knows
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Europe. A Prophecy
1793, printed 1795
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable I. The Dog and the Fox
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XII. Pan and Fortune
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XVI. The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XVI. The Pin and the Needle
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XIII. The Tame Stag
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge
1793
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Text by John Gay, 1685–1732
Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates, Volume 1
1793
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Published by John Stockdale, ca. 1749–1814
Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates, Volume 2
1793