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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Hamilton, William, 1751–1801
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Simon, Peter, 1750–1810
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Boyne, John, ca. 1750–1810
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Gillray, James, 1756–1815
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Northcote, James, 1746–1831
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Nutter, William, 1754–1802
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Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763–1840
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Smith, John Raphael, 1752–1812
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Thew, Robert, 1758–1802
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
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Classification
Prints
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Paintings
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
Songs of Innocence, Copy G
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The Book of Thel, Copy B
8
The Book of Thel, Copy R
8
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
2
The Merchant of Venice
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Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
relief etching
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wove paper
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watercolor
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ink
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black ink
8
stipple engraving
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laid paper
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line engraving
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religious and mythological subject
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animal art
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literary theme
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text
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children
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vines
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leaf
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women
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trees
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branches
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men
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flowers (plants)
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mother
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shepherd
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England
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United Kingdom
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City of Westminster
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London
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Somerset
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Antonio (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Bassiano (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Beaufort, Henry [called the Cardinal of England] (1375?–1447), bishop of Winchester and cardinal
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Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Boydell, John (1720–1804), engraver and printseller
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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Duke of Venice (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Feste (character in Twelfth Night)
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Fool (character in King Lear)
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Fuseli, Henry [formerly Johann Heinrich Füssli] (1741–1825), painter and writer
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Henry VI (1421–1471), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Macklin, Charles (1699?–1797), actor and playwright
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Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
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Maria (character in Twelfth Night)
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Northcote, James (1746–1831), artist and author
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Olivia (character in Twelfth Night)
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Pope, Elizabeth (1739x45–1797), actress
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Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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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 (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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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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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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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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British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
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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 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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William Blake (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
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British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04)
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Caribbean - Crossroads of the World (El Museo del Barrio, 2012-06-12 - 2013-01-06)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20)
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The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01)
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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, Yale University Art Gallery Collection
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Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv
1789
Not on view
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Nurse's Song (Plate 22)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
On Anothers Sorrow (Plate 24)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Laughing Song (Plate 28)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Spring (Plate 26)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
A Dream (Plate 4)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Introduction (Plate 3)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Infant Joy (Plate 14)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Little Boy Lost (Plate 20)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Little Girl Found (Plate 6)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Lamb (Plate 8)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel's Motto (Plate 1)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Divine Image (Plate 12)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night (Plate 16)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Ecchoing Green (Plate 10)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
A Cradle Song (Plate 18)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel's Motto (Plate 1)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Little Black Boy (Plate 30)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)
1789
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Peter Simon, 1750–1810
The Interview of Tom Jones and Sophia, After the Reconciliation
1789
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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
June
1789
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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
July
1789
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John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
The Lady in Milton's Comus
1789
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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Mr. Kemble in the Character of King Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene V
1789
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William Nutter, 1754–1802
Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia
1789
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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Mr. Kemble in the Character of King Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene V
1789
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Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Tom Jones; The Interview of Tom Jones, and Sophia, after the Reconciliation
1789
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Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Tom Jones: 'The Philosopher Square, Discovered in Molly Seagrim's Garret'
1789
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Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
King Richard III: Act III, Scene I (The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, Richard, Duke of York)
1789
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Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice
1789