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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
81
Young, Edward, 1683–1765
81
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
58
Unknown artist
42
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
31
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
21
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
15
Gaugain, Thomas, 1748–1812
14
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764–1811
13
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
11
Northcote, James, 1746–1831
11
Hellyer, Thomas, active 1800
10
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
9
Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804
8
Newton, Richard, 1777–1798
8
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
8
Walker, James, 1748–1808
8
Cleghorn, Claud, active 1797–1800
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76
Classification
Prints
294
Drawings & Watercolors
136
Books
63
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
15
Archives & Manuscripts
6
Maps & Atlas (printed)
2
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
2
Dissertations & Theses
1
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Creator Gender
male
427
unknown
120
female
3
Collective Title
Young's Night Thoughts
81
The Poems of Thomas Gray
58
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798
7
The Spoiled Child
6
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
4
Cries of London
2
The Natural History of the Rare Lepidopterious insects of Georgia, London: 1797. Volume 2
2
Three Views of Cottages near Colchester
2
Howlett's 'Selection of Views in the County of Lincoln,' 1797-1801
1
Plans for Ardgowan House
1
Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views of Paris and its Environs
1
The Copper-Plate Magazine and The Itinerant
1
The Cries of London
1
Period
18th century
441
18th century-19th century
52
19th century
31
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
198
watercolor
157
graphite
136
black ink
86
line engraving
61
etching (printing process)
53
stipple engraving
32
pen
25
laid paper
22
brown ink
20
mezzotint
18
gray wash
16
gouache
10
aquatint
9
gray ink
7
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6
hand coloring
5
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drawing
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auction catalog
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6
engraving
6
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3
etching
3
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3
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2
map
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literary theme
114
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85
architectural subject
46
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39
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31
portrait
26
marine art
14
cityscape
11
animal art
9
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9
military art
5
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3
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3
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2
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literary theme
109
text
95
men
85
religious and mythological subject
81
women
61
man
60
trees
47
architectural subject
38
landscape
36
woman
26
genre subject
23
beard
22
clouds
22
river
22
children
20
water
20
nudes
19
castle
18
wings
17
angel
16
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18th century
6
17th century
1
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United Kingdom
57
England
52
Europe
33
London
21
Great Britain
14
Wales
11
Scotland
10
Cymru
8
Greater London
6
Norfolk
6
France
5
Isle of Wight
4
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
3
Devon
3
Westminster
3
Africa
2
Barmouth
2
Cader Idris
2
Caernarfon Castle
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Caernarvon
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
4
Harrison, James, 1765–1847
2
Repton, Humphry, 1752–1818
2
Bartolozzi, Gaetano Stefano, 1757–1821
1
Biggs, Charlotte, d. 1827
1
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753–1813
1
Cain (Biblical figure)
1
Cartwright, Edmund, 1743–1823
1
Clément, R
1
Collins, Mrs., -approximately 1797
1
Constable, John, 1776–1837
1
Cooke, J.,
1
Cupid
1
De Britaine, William
1
Dilworth, Thomas, -1780
1
Dryden, John, 1631–1700
1
Du Fresnoy, Charles Alphonse, 1611–1665
1
Dundas, Lady Jane, Viscountess Melville (1766–1829)
1
Dupont, Gainsborough
1
Dyck, Sir Anthony Van (1599–1641), painter and etcher
1
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Exhibition History
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
44
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
44
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
15
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
7
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
6
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
5
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
5
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
5
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
5
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
4
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
4
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
3
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)
3
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)
3
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)
3
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
3
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
3
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
2
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
404
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
21
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
2
Yale Center for British Art
1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David M. Doret in memory of William Ferguson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Ruth Ivor
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mary E. Knapp
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan L. Darling in Memory of Arthur Burr Darling, Yale 1916
1
Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection
1
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael Zinman
1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Doris M. Brixey
1
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
2
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
3
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
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
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
7
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
8
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
1797
9
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
10
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
11
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
12
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
1797
13
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)
1797
14
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
15
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
16
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain' (Page 46)
1797
17
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
18
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
19
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
20
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
21
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death, and Immortality; Title Page
1797
22
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
23
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
24
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
25
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
1797
26
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
27
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
28
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)
between 1797 and 1798
29
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
30
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)
between 1797 and 1798
31
William Blake, 1757–1827
Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)
between 1797 and 1798
32
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55)
between 1797 and 1798
33
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
34
William Blake, 1757–1827
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)
between 1797 and 1798
35
William Blake, 1757–1827
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)
between 1797 and 1798
36
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
37
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
1797
38
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
39
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
40
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
41
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)
1797
42
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
43
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
44
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109)
between 1797 and 1798
45
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111)
between 1797 and 1798
46
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)
between 1797 and 1798
47
William Blake, 1757–1827
"An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)
between 1797 and 1798
48
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
between 1797 and 1798
49
William Blake, 1757–1827
"We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)
between 1797 and 1798
50
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)
between 1797 and 1798
51
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)
between 1797 and 1798
52
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Prophetess Rising from Her Grave (Design 81)
between 1797 and 1798
53
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
54
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)
between 1797 and 1798
55
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Standard Bearer Fainting in the Routed Battle (Design 87)
between 1797 and 1798
56
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
57
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
1797
58
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
59
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
60
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
61
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
62
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
1797
63
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
64
William Blake, 1757–1827
Windsor Terrace, a Boy Contemplating a Distant View of Eton College (Design 13)
between 1797 and 1798
65
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15)
between 1797 and 1798
66
William Blake, 1757–1827
"A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27)
between 1797 and 1798
67
William Blake, 1757–1827
"And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37)
between 1797 and 1798
68
William Blake, 1757–1827
"With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)
between 1797 and 1798
69
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)
between 1797 and 1798
70
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)
between 1797 and 1798
71
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
72
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
between 1797 and 1798
73
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'And vapid; sense and reason shew the door' (Page 72)
1797
74
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
75
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
76
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
77
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
78
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
79
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
80
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
81
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
82
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
83
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
84
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)
between 1797 and 1798
85
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)
between 1797 and 1798
86
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Him the dog of darkness spied..." (Design 79)
between 1797 and 1798
87
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fear to stop, and shame to fly..." (Design 91)
between 1797 and 1798
88
William Blake, 1757–1827
Fame (Design 93)
between 1797 and 1798
89
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
between 1797 and 1798
90
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)
between 1797 and 1798
91
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
92
William Blake, 1757–1827
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
between 1797 and 1798
93
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
94
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
95
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
96
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
97
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
98
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
99
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
100
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
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