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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Gaugain, Thomas, 1748–1812
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Hellyer, Thomas, active 1800
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Northcote, James, 1746–1831
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
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Young's Night Thoughts
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18th century
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watercolor
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wove paper
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black ink
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line engraving
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literary theme
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Exhibition History
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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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
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Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1990-06-23 - 1990-08-05)
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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Frick Art Museum, 1990-04-21 - 1990-06-03)
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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Frick Collection, 1990-02-10 - 1990-04-08)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)
between 1797 and 1798
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"An ancient pile of building stands... there Employed the power of Fairy hands" (Design 25)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
between 1797 and 1798
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"With screaming Horror's funeral cry, Despair, and fell Disease, and ghastly Poverty..." Design 39)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Pensive Selima, "Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purr'd applause..." (Design 9)
between 1797 and 1798
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Malignant Fate sat by, and smil'd, The slipp'ry verge her feet beguil'd..." (Design 11)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"My Lade rose, and with a grace– She smil'd, and bid him come to dinner..." (Design 33)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)
between 1797 and 1798
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Widower and Children (Design 35)
between 1797 and 1798
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Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Diligence and Dissipation: Good Advice from an Old Servant to the Young Ones (Plate 2)
1797
54
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797
1797
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Newport High Street, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800