Collection: Prints and Drawings / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: night

1. The Weary Ploughman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 16 3/8 inches (29.4 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (11.1 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

3. The Haunted Wood

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. The Weary Ploughman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 3/16 inches (16.3 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Rising Moon

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 9 inches (15.3 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Bellman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 7/8 inches (28.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Harvest under a Crescent Moon

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Wood engraving on thin, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 x 5 1/4 inches (14.8 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (26.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Bellman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 14 3/16 inches (23.1 x 36.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

11. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

12. A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black and brown wash, gouache, and gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (26.7 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Cornfield and Church by Moonlight

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: early 1830s
Materials & Techniques:: Brush and black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 7 1/4 inches (15.2 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Crescent Moon

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and sepia ink and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (18.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Shepherd and his Flock under the Moon and Stars

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, and white gouache with pen and brown ink on very thick, slightly textured, card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches (10.8 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Christmas

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches (25.8 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Bellman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Rising Moon

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint, and plate tone, with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 3/8 inches (27.6 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Rising Moon

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with black ink or oil paint, gray watercolor or gouache, and pale brown watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 7/16 inches (27.6 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Rising Moon

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint, and plate tone, with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 3/16 inches (22.8 x 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Rising Moon

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint, and plate tone, with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 3/4 inches (26.3 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: begun ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (16.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (27.4 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Weary Ploughman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/16 inches (29.8 x 43.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Rising Moon

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint, and plate tone, with chine collé on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 5/16 inches (27.3 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

27. The Cypress Grove

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: between 1880 and 1883
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (25.7 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

28. The Sepulchre

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: between 1880 and 1883
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 3/8 inches (25.3 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

29. The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

30. A Spanish Good Friday

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1925
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/16 x 13 inches (51 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
On View:: On view at YUAG

31. Cupid and Psyche

Creator:: Print made by William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 21 1/4 inches (49.8 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view at YUAG

32. Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; second state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 3/8 inches (27.3 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Sliema

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 5/8 x 8 13/16 inches (14.3 x 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

34. Karnak, 9:30 pm, 22 January 1867 (212)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/16 x 6 3/4 inches (8.7 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

35. Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Urizen (Plate 21)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Air (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister (Plate 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Introduction (Plate 34)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

40. "What have I said? What have I done?..." (Plate 24)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. "And the voices of Bath & Canterbury & York & Edinburgh, Cry..." (Plate 57)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

42. Chapter 4 Frontispiece (Plate 76)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief and white-line etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

43. Jerusalem, Tailpiece (Plate 100)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches (26.4 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. "Then all the Males conjoined into One Male..." (Plate 69)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. "Rose up against me thundering..." (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

46. "Awake! Awake Jerusalem..." (Plate 97)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 28 (Bentley 27)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. "I have said to the Worm: Thou art my mother & my sister" (Plate 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, 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

50. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Ode for Music, Performed in the Senate-House; Title Page

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. "I want! I want!" (Plate 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. "Help! Help!" (Plate 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Air (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. "To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, 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

58. Albion's Angel; Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief and white-line etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. "The Terror Answered: I am Orc, wreath'd round the accursed tree..." (Plate 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief and white-line etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

60. America, A Prophecy; Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

61. "Now comes the night of Enitharmons joy!..." (Plate 7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Help! Help! (Plate 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. "Unwilling I look up to heaven! unwilling count the stars!..." (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief and white-line etching with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. "Jerusalem, Chapter 1. Of the Sleep of Ulro!..." (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief and white-line etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

67. Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 20)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 15

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 18

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (42.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Hamlet

Creator:: Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (31.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by James H. Baker, born 1829
Date:: between 1839 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (28.2 x 21.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. Night Watchman

Creator:: Print made by John Bogle, 1746–1804
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 15/16 inches (45.1 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. Moonlight over the Sea, Broadstairs

Creator:: Attributed to George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 9/16 inches (16.2 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Music by Moonlight

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1782 or 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches (28.9 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Birnam Wood

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: before 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 3/4 inches (38.1 × 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: between 1826 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, scraping out and gum on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (45.1 x 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 3/16 inches (39.6 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Wanderer

Creator:: Print made by Charles West Cope, 1811–1890
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 15/16 inches (15.2 x 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Night and a Ship on Fire

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 7/16 inches (37.9 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Evening

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Moon-Light

Creator:: Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 7/16 inches (32 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Moon-Light

Creator:: Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etched state on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 x 17 1/16 inches (33.2 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Fire in H.M. Dockyard at Devonport on the Morning of the 27th of September 1840

Creator:: Print made by William Clerk, ? 19th c.
Date:: after 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 18 3/4 inches (38.6 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Blacksmith's Shop

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches (11.4 x 15.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (10.8 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Rainy Night in Rome

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1914
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 10 7/8 inches (40.6 x 27.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

90. Via ai Prati, Genoa [North Italian Set: No. 8]

Creator:: Print made by Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 1/2 inches (18.4 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

91. Little Red Riding Hood

Creator:: Print made by imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: after 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut done by Le Blond & Co. on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 1/8 inches (17.9 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Set of 18 Labels from 'Twining & Sons' Hairpins Boxes.

Creator:: Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint and color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 13/16 inches (25.6 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Pierre de Vaivre

Creator:: Print made by Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 13/16 inches (37.7 x 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

Creator:: Alfred William Hunt, 1830–1896
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (37.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Villa Madama, Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Henry Le Keux, 1787–1868
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 12 inches (44.1 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Villa Madama, Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Henry Le Keux, 1787–1868
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (38.4 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. The Wrath of Elihu

Creator:: circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches (9.2 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. The Creation

Creator:: circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (14.6 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Behemoth and Leviathan

Creator:: circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 20 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 1in. (51.4 x 38.7 x 2.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

Creator:: Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 5/8 inches (42.9 × 55 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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41. "And the voices of Bath & Canterbury & York & Edinburgh, Cry..." (Plate 57)

42. Chapter 4 Frontispiece (Plate 76)

43. Jerusalem, Tailpiece (Plate 100)

44. "Then all the Males conjoined into One Male..." (Plate 69)

45. "Rose up against me thundering..." (Plate 8)

46. "Awake! Awake Jerusalem..." (Plate 97)

47. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 28 (Bentley 27)

48. "I have said to the Worm: Thou art my mother & my sister" (Plate 18)

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

50. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

51. Ode for Music, Performed in the Senate-House; Title Page

52. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

53. "I want! I want!" (Plate 11)

54. "Help! Help!" (Plate 12)

55. Air (Plate 6)

56. "To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)

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

58. Albion's Angel; Frontispiece (Plate 1)

59. "The Terror Answered: I am Orc, wreath'd round the accursed tree..." (Plate 10)

60. America, A Prophecy; Title Page (Plate 2)

61. "Now comes the night of Enitharmons joy!..." (Plate 7)

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

63. Help! Help! (Plate 12)

64. I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)

65. "Unwilling I look up to heaven! unwilling count the stars!..." (Plate 4)

66. "Jerusalem, Chapter 1. Of the Sleep of Ulro!..." (Plate 4)

67. Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 20)

68. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 15

69. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 18

70. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

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

72. Hamlet

73. Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II