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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Howitt, Samuel, 1756–1822
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Burford, Thomas, ca. 1710–after 1774
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Laurie, Robert, 1755?–1836
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Seymour, James, 1702–1752
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Byrne, Letitia, 1779–1849
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Callcott, Augustus Wall, Sir, 1779–1844
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Duche, T. J.
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
3
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male
49
female
1
unknown
1
Collective Title
The First Book of Urizen, Copy A
29
Period
18th century
47
18th century-19th century
2
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watercolor
31
wove paper
31
color printing
28
relief etching
28
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brown ink
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graphite
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mezzotint
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sporting art
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literary theme
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men
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nudes
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text
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flames
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beard
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vines
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kneeling
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Cymru
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Valle Crucis Abbey
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Barret, George (1732?–1784), landscape painter
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Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728–1815), engraver
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Burch, Edward (bap. 1730, d. 1814), gem-engraver
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Carlini, Agostino (c.1718–1790), sculptor
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Catton, Charles, the younger (1756–1819), landscape painter and book illustrator
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Chamberlin, Mason (bap. 1722, d. 1787), portrait painter
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Chambers, Sir William (1722–1796), architect
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Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), decorative painter and draughtsman
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Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector
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Gwynn, John (bap. 1713, d. 1786), architect
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Hayman, Francis (1707/8–1776), painter, engraver, and book illustrator
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Hoare, William (1707/8–1792), portrait painter
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Hone, Nathaniel (1718–1784), Irish painter
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Hunter, William (1718–1783), physician, anatomist, and man-midwife
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Kauffmann, Angelica (1741–1807), history and portrait painter
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Meyer, Jeremiah (1735–1789), miniature painter
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Moser [married name Lloyd], Mary (1744–1819), flower painter
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Moser, George Michael (1706–1783)
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Newton, Francis Milner (1720–1794), portrait painter
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Nollekens, Joseph (1737–1823), sculptor
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Exhibition History
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 (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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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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Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Clark Art Institute, 1996-03-02 - 1996-04-14)
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Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Davison Art Center, 1995-09-01 - 1995-10-28)
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Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1995-04-04 - 1995-07-16)
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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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William Blake (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
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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, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914
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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
Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 20)
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
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23 (Bentley 9)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 24)
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
Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 5)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4 (Bentley 24)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Los howld in a dismal stupor..." (Plate 10)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Los smitten with astonishment..." (Plate 12)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 14)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 16)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 17)
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
"They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 19)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
From a Globe of Blood Rises Enitharmon (Plate 11)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 13)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15 (Bentley 14)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 26)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 27)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter III, "As the stars are apart from the earth..." (Plate 9)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Los Falls through Fire (Plate 21)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 3)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 6)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 7)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 8)
1794
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 28 (Bentley 27)
1794
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Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The First Book of Urizen
1794
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Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, 1779–1844
Dead Calm: Boats off Cowes Castle
undated
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Print made by George Quinton, born 1779
Magdalen Hospital
undated
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Print made by Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
Making a Cast at a Fault
1794
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Print made by Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
The Death of the Fox
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 1. "Give ye Britons then"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 1. "Grow ye Britons then"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: "3. Throw the broad ditch behind you"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 5. "And o'er the lawn"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 4. "Into the perilous flood"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 2. "Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 6. "For happy he who tops the wheeling chace"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 2. "Him from his craggy winding haunts unearth'd"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 5. "And o'er the lawn"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 4. "Into the perilous flood"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 6. "For happy he who tops the wheeling chace"
1794
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Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Hunting, Shooting, etc. [set of six]: 3. "Throw the board ditch behind you"
1794
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Print made by unknown artist
Key to Life School at the Royal Academy
1794
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Caricature of a Sailor (One of a Set of Three)
ca. 1799
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Print made by Letitia Byrne, 1779–1849
Oxford
undated
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire
ca. 1799