Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is closed for building conservation. We regret that we are unable to accept orders for new collections photography until January 2025.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Prints and Drawings
20
Creator
Blake, William, 1757–1827
15
Chalon, John, 1738 – 1795
2
Rijn, Rembrandt van, 1606–1669
2
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
1
Boydell, Josiah, 1752–1817
1
Clamp, R., fl.1789–1798
1
Earlom, Richard, 1743–1822
1
Harding, Sylvester, 1745–1809
1
Rigaud, John Francis, 1742–1810
1
Date
1794
28
1789
[remove]
20
1793
20
1795
20
1739
14
1821
14
1803
13
1618
11
1765
11
1800
10
1850
10
1745
8
1826
8
1667
6
1827
6
1835
6
1893
6
1927
6
1674
5
1763
5
1788
5
1796
5
1825
5
1828
5
1889
5
1894
5
1616
4
1700
4
1790
4
1807
4
1855
4
1915
4
1926
4
1738
3
1746
3
1751
3
1762
3
1776
3
1780
3
1782
3
1791
3
1817
3
1834
3
1852
3
1909
3
1918
3
1660
2
1680
2
1735
2
1753
2
1754
2
1755
2
1760
2
1770
2
1775
2
1784
2
1786
2
1787
2
1792
2
1798
2
1799
2
1806
2
1811
2
1829
2
1836
2
1839
2
1846
2
1848
2
1860
2
1861
2
1876
2
1892
2
1906
2
1910
2
1916
2
1919
2
1920
2
1928
2
1935
2
1945
2
1949
2
0
1
1608
1
1627
1
1643
1
1650
1
1657
1
1665
1
1675
1
1699
1
1734
1
1736
1
1743
1
1748
1
1757
1
1758
1
1764
1
1769
1
1772
1
1773
1
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
20
Image Use
Free to Use
20
Image Available
Available
20
Classification
Prints
[remove]
20
Creator Gender
male
19
Collective Title
The Book of Thel, Copy B
8
The Book of Thel, Copy R
7
Period
18th century
20
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
16
ink
14
relief etching
14
watercolor
14
etching (printing process)
4
laid paper
2
stipple engraving
2
black ink
1
colored ink
1
pen
1
Height [cm]
Height [cm] range begin
–
Height [cm] range end
Current results range from
11
to
31
Width [cm]
Width [cm] range begin
–
Width [cm] range end
Current results range from
9
to
24
Work Type
drawing
14
relief print
14
watercolor
14
intaglio print
4
Genre
literary theme
14
religious and mythological subject
7
figure study
2
portrait
2
Subject Terms
literary theme
14
text
14
vines
12
women
10
leaf
9
children
8
flowers (plants)
8
nudes
8
religious and mythological subject
7
men
5
plants
5
gowns
4
man
4
trees
4
portrait
3
baby
2
beard
2
birds
2
branches
2
figure study
2
more
Subject Terms
»
Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
2
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), decorative painter and draughtsman
1
Somer [Sommers], William (d. 1559), court fool
1
Exhibition History
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
4
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
2
William Blake (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
2
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
1
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
18
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
2
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Date
1789
Remove constraint Date: 1789
Width [cm]
11
Remove constraint Width [cm]: 11
Classification
Prints
Remove constraint Classification: Prints
1
-
20
of
20
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Book of Thel
1789
2
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
1789
3
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
1789
4
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
1789
5
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
1789
6
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
1789
7
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)
1789
8
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)
1789
9
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
1789
10
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
1789
11
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)
1789
12
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
1789
13
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
1789
14
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
1789
15
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)
1789
16
Print made by R. Clamp, fl.1789–1798
William Sommers, King Henry VIII's Jester
undated
17
Shakspeare
1789
18
Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Study
1789-1790
19
Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Study
1789-1790
20
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Esqr. R. A
1789