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'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Traveling Potter Outside a Cottage
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite with gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 19 1/8 inches (38.7 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Wooded Landscape with Figures
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and stumping, with touches of white and red chalk, gray and brown wash, heightened with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection