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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Bigg, William Redmore, 1755–1828
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Devis, Arthur William, 1762–1822
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Prints
17
Paintings
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
22
Collective Title
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
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The First Book of Urizen, Copy C
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The First Book of Urizen, Copy A
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Europe. A Prophecy, Copy A
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18th century
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wove paper
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color printing
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relief etching
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watercolor
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oil paint
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literary theme
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historical subject
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trees
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Dartmouth
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Dartmouth Castle
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Devon
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England
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Europe
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River Dart
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
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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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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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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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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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Berkeley Art Museum, 1995-08-23 - 1995-11-19)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1995-12-10 - 1996-02-04)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Joslyn Art Museum, 1996-03-09 - 1996-05-05)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii
ca. 1799
Not on view
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Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Emily and George Mason
between 1794 and 1795
Not on view
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William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Birth of the Heir
ca. 1799
Not on view
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William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Christening of the Heir
ca. 1799
Not on view
5
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Famine (Plate 8)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 22)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Shot from the heights of Enitharmon..." (Plate 17)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 25)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Holy Thursday (Plate 38)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Chimney Sweeper (Plate 45)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Fly (Plate 48)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 24)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Songs of Experience, Frontispiece (Plate 32)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 19)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
London (Plate 39)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Angel (Plate 40)
1794
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Dartmouth Castle
1794