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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Burke, Thomas, 1749–1815
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Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741–1807
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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unknown
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Collective Title
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
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The Book of Thel, Copy R
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Songs of Innocence, Copy G
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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wove paper
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watercolor
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relief etching
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Cephisa
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Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu (1689 - 1755), academic/intellectual
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Cupid
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Sleeping Cupid
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Exhibition History
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Quaritch Ltd.
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Spring (Plate 12)
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
The Lamb (Plate 18)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Spring (Plate 26)
1789
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
A Border Tower
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Chalfont Lodge, Buckinghamshire
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Benjamin West, 1738–1820
An Artist Sketching in Windsor Park
1789
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Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."
1789
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Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."
1789
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follower of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Guisborough Priory
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unknown artist
The Watermill Above the Bridge at Charenton
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Print made by Thomas Bewick, 1753–1828
The Wild Bull, of the Ancient Caledonian Breed, Now in the Park, at Chillingham-Castle, Northumberland
1789
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
June
1789