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Prints and Drawings
70
Paintings and Sculpture
2
Creator
Blake, William, 1757–1827
56
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
9
Tresham, Henry, 1751–1814
6
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
3
Liparoli, X, active 1790s
2
Middiman, Samuel, ca. 1750–1831
2
Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834
2
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
2
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
1
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
1
Hamilton, William, 1751–1801
1
Hardy, James, active 1770s
1
Meadows, Robert Mitchell, Died before 1812
1
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1797
113
1793
92
1794
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1792
52
1789
47
1788
43
1783
34
1776
21
1786
21
1773
14
1779
14
1782
12
1784
12
1790
12
1778
11
1780
11
1781
11
1795
11
1769
10
1785
10
1787
9
1745
8
1749
8
1772
8
1775
7
1796
7
1777
6
1791
6
1798
6
1700
5
1746
5
1770
5
1771
5
1799
5
1705
4
1729
4
1733
4
1768
4
1728
3
1739
3
1761
3
1766
3
1774
3
1701
2
1718
2
1723
2
1738
2
1740
2
1744
2
1748
2
1751
2
1753
2
1755
2
1760
2
1762
2
1764
2
1767
2
179
1
1699
1
1704
1
1710
1
1713
1
1727
1
1731
1
1735
1
1736
1
1737
1
1741
1
1747
1
1750
1
1757
1
1765
1
1830
1
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
70
Not on view
2
Image Use
Free to Use
72
Image Available
Available
72
Classification
Prints
70
Paintings
2
Creator Gender
male
72
Collective Title
The First Book of Urizen, Copy A
28
The First Book of Urizen, Copy C
26
Europe. A Prophecy, Copy A
1
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
1
Macklin's British Poets
1
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
1
Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
60
color printing
56
relief etching
56
watercolor
56
line engraving
10
stipple engraving
10
brown wash
6
aquatint
5
etching (printing process)
4
oil paint
3
black ink
2
canvas
2
laid paper
2
painting (technique)
2
paper
2
colored ink
1
ink
1
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relief print
56
watercolor
56
intaglio print
14
drawing
8
painting
2
frontispiece
1
Genre
literary theme
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religious and mythological subject
29
portrait
4
animal art
2
genre subject
2
Subject Terms
literary theme
58
men
43
text
37
nudes
33
religious and mythological subject
29
flames
23
fire
19
beard
16
women
14
vines
12
children
11
infant
8
trees
8
kneeling
7
leaf
7
branches
6
hammer
6
chain
5
globe
5
night
5
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Associated Places
Europe
1
Scotland
1
United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
11
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
1
Kemble, Stephen (1758–1822), actor and entertainer
1
Miranda (character in The Tempest)
1
Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
1
Prospero (character in The Tempest)
1
Sir John Falstaff
1
Exhibition History
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
36
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
30
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)
29
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
29
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
29
William Blake (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
6
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
3
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
2
William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)
2
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
1
Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)
1
Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)
1
Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)
1
Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)
1
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
1
The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
66
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
5
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
1
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii
ca. 1799
Not on view
2
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II
ca. 1799
Not on view
3
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Now comes the night of Enitharmons joy!..." (Plate 7)
1794
4
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
1794
5
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 14)
1794
6
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 16)
1794
7
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)
1794
8
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 19)
1794
9
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 22)
1794
10
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23 (Bentley 9)
1794
11
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 24)
1794
12
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 5)
1794
13
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 27)
1794
14
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 7)
1794
15
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 8)
1794
16
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter III, "As the stars are apart from the earth..." (Plate 9)
1794
17
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 3)
1794
18
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4 (Bentley 24)
1794
19
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 6)
1794
20
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 28 (Bentley 27)
1794
21
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 20)
1794
22
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los Falls through Fire (Plate 21)
1794
23
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Los howld in a dismal stupor..." (Plate 10)
1794
24
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
From a Globe of Blood Rises Enitharmon (Plate 11)
1794
25
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Los smitten with astonishment..." (Plate 12)
1794
26
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 13)
1794
27
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15 (Bentley 14)
1794
28
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 17)
1794
29
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
1794
30
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 25)
1794
31
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 26)
1794
32
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
1794
33
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 3)
1794
34
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 6)
1794
35
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 12)
1794
36
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 10)
1794
37
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 11)
1794
38
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen (Plate 21)
1794
39
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 20)
1794
40
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 24)
1794
41
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 25)
1794
42
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Songs of Experience, Frontispiece (Plate 32)
1794
43
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 4)
1794
44
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 9)
1794
45
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen (Plate 8)
1794
46
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 13)
1794
47
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)
1794
48
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
From a Globe of Blood Rises Enitharmon (Plate 16)
1794
49
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 17)
1794
50
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 19)
1794
51
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen (Plate 22)
1794
52
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 23)
1794
53
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen (Plate 14)
1794
54
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)
1794
55
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 5)
1794
56
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter III, "As the stars are apart from the earth..." (Plate 7)
1794
57
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 15)
1794
58
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
1794
59
Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Shakespeare's Winter Tale Act III Scene III
1794
60
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Poetry And History, Presenting Painting, With Subjects For Her Pencil
1794
61
Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831
Winter's Tale, Act III, Scene III
1794
62
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Anthony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene II
1794
63
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Troilus and Crssida, Act 3, Scene II
1794
64
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
King Lear, Act 4, Scene VII
1794
65
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Ophelia vide Hamlet, Act 4, Scene VII
1794
66
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene II
1794
67
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Troilus and Cressida, Act 4, Scene II
1794
68
Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Hamlet in Scotland
1794
69
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
The Cottagers
1794
70
James Hardy, active 1770s
Joseph Baretti
1794
71
Robert Mitchell Meadows, Died before 1812
Dodbery and Verges, with the Watch; "Much Ado About Nothing", Act III, Scene II
1794
72
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
The Cottagers
1794