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93
Creator
Gay, John, 1685–1732
72
Stockdale, John, ca. 1749–1814
71
Wootton, John, approximately 1682–1764
29
Blake, William, 1757–1827
23
Kent, William, ca.1686–1748
23
Gravelot, Hubert-François, 1699–1773
16
Skelton, William, 1763–1848
15
Grainger, W., active 1793
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Mazell, Peter, active 1761–1797
9
Wilson,, active 1793
9
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
7
Lovegrove,, active 1793
6
Hamilton, William, 1751–1801
5
Audinet, Philip, 1766–1837
4
Wilson, William C., active 1798–1836
4
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
3
Cook, Thomas, 1744–1818
2
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
2
Unknown artist
2
Brown,, active 1793
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Prints
92
Drawings & Watercolors
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male
93
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Collective Title
Gay's Fables
72
Fables by John Gay, Vol. I
54
Fables by John Gay, Vol. II
18
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Copy I
6
For Children: The Gates of Paradise, Copy E
2
America. A Prophecy, Copy M
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Period
18th century
92
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
84
line engraving
79
etching (printing process)
75
stipple engraving
9
relief etching
7
watercolor
7
black ink
5
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animal art
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literary theme
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nudes
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text
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men
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women
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clouds
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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cave
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chains
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flames
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Henry VI, part III by William Shakespeare
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Tower of London
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
8
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
8
Romantics & Revolutionaries : Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-03-30)
6
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
5
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)
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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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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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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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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
72
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
18
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
1793
2
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"And none but Bromian can hear my lamentations..." (Plate 6)
1793
3
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"But when the morn arose, her lamentation renewd..." (Plate 8)
1793
4
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In happy copulation; if in evening mild, wearied with work..." (Plate 10)
1793
5
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
Frontispiece (Plate 1)
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Visions. "Enslav'd, the Daughters of Albion weep..." (Plate 4)
1793
8
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Albions Angel stood beside the Stone of night, and saw..." (Plate 7)
1793
9
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
My Son! My Son! (Plate 10)
1793
10
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
12
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus
1793
13
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 XVI. The Pin and the Needle
1793
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail
1793
16
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud
1793
17
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable I. The Dog and the Fox
1793
18
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher
1793
19
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard
1793
20
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge
1793
21
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer
1793
22
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
May
1793
23
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
October
1793
24
William S. Leney, 1769–1831
Taming the Shrew, Act III, Scene II
1793
25
Print made by Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809
Henry VI, Part III: Act I, Scene III, A Field of Battle betwixt Sandal Castle . .
1793
26
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Prospero Disarming Ferdinand, Act I, Scene II
1793
27
Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'
ca. 1798
28
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
September
1793
29
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
August
1793
30
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
February
1793
31
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
The Peasant's Dream, Paradise Lost, Book 1, 781-8
1793 to 1800
32
Print made by Brown, active 1793
Title Page, Fables by John Gay
1793
33
Print made by William C. Wilson, active 1798–1836
Frontispiece, Monument to John Gay
1793
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Print made by Lovegrove, active 1793
Fable I. The Lion, the Tiger, and the Traveller
1793
35
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable III. The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy
1793
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Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable II. The Spaniel and the Cameleon
1793
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Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable V. The Wild Boar and the Ram
1793
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Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable VII. The Lion, the Fox, and the Geese
1793
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Print made by Lovegrove, active 1793
Fable VIII. The Lady and the Wasp
1793
40
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable IX. The Bull and the Mastiff
1793
41
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XV. The Philosopher and the Pheasants
1793
42
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XVII. The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf
1793
43
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable XIX. The Lion and the Cub
1793
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Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XX. The Old Hen and the Cock
1793
45
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable XXI. The Rat-catcher and Cats
1793
46
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable XXVI. The Cur and the Mastiff
1793
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Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XXVII. The Sick Man and the Angel
1793
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Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable XXIX. The Fox at the Point of Death
1793
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Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Fable XXXVI. Pythagoras and the Countryman
1793
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Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable XXXIX. The Father and Jupiter
1793
51
Print made by Philip Audinet, 1766–1837
Fable XLII. The Jugglers
1793
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Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable XLIII. The Council of Horses
1793
53
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable XL. The Two Monkeys
1793
54
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Fable XLIV. The Hound and the Huntsman
1793
55
Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818
Fable XLV. The Poet and the Rose
1793
56
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable L. The Hare and Many Friends
1793
57
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Fable XLVII. The Court of Death
1793
58
Print made by Lovegrove, active 1793
Fable XXXIX. The Man and the Flea
1793
59
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable II. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and Other Birds
1793
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Print made by William C. Wilson, active 1798–1836
Fable V. The Bear in a Boat
1793
61
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable XI. The Pack-Horse and the Carrier
1793
62
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable XV. The Cook-Maid, the Turnspit, and the Ox
1793
63
Print made by William C. Wilson, active 1798–1836
Fable XIII. Plutus, Cupid, and Time
1793
64
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable IV. The Eagle and the Assembly of Animals
1793
65
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable X. The Elephant and the Bookseller
1793
66
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable XI. The Peacock, the Turkey, and the Goose
1793
67
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XII. Cupid, Hymen, and Plutus
1793
68
Print made by Lovegrove, active 1793
Fable XIV. The Monkey Who Had Seen the World
1793
69
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable XVIII. The Painter Who Pleased No Body and Every Body
1793
70
Print made by Lovegrove, active 1793
Fable XXIII. The Old Woman and Her Cats
1793
71
Print made by Philip Audinet, 1766–1837
Fable XXV. The Scold and the Parrot
1793
72
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XXXII. The Two Owls and the Sparrow
1793
73
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable XXXV. The Barley-mow and the Dunghil
1793
74
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XXXVIII. The Turkey and the Ant
1793
75
Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818
Fable XXXIV. The Mastiffs
1793
76
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable XLVI. The Cur, the Horse, and the Shepherd's Dog
1793
77
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XLVIII. The Gardener and the Hog
1793
78
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Title Page, Vignette Portrait of John Gay
1793
79
Print made by Lovegrove, active 1793
Fable VII. The Countryman and Jupiter
1793
80
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Fable VI. The Squire and His Cur
1793
81
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Fable III. The Baboon and the Poultry
1793
82
Print made by William C. Wilson, active 1798–1836
Fable VIII. The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly
1793
83
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Fable XXXVII. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
1793
84
Print made by Philip Audinet, 1766–1837
Fable XXXI. The Universal Apparition
1793
85
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Fable IX. The Jackall, Leopard, and other Beasts
1793
86
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Fable XXXIII. The Courtier and Proteus
1793
87
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Fable IV. The Ant in Office
1793
88
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable X. The Degenerate Bees
1793
89
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Fable XIV. The Owl, the Swan, the Cock, the Spider, the Ass, and the Farmer
1793
90
Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
First Part of King Henry the sixth: Keep, My Lord ... (Act II, Scene 5)
1793
91
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Pospero Disarming Ferdinand from The Tempest, Act I, Scene II
1793
92
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
93
Text by John Gay, 1685–1732
Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates, Volume 1
1793