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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
10
Romney, George, 1734–1802
9
Unknown artist
8
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
6
Carwitham, Thomas, active 1723
3
Linnell, John, 1729–1796
3
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
3
Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
2
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
2
John, Augustus Edwin, 1878–1961
2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
2
Burne-Jones, Edward, 1833–1898
1
Constable, John, 1776–1837
1
Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821
1
Frost, William Edward, 1810–1877
1
Hamilton, William, 1751–1801
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Jefferys, James, 1751–1784
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Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
21
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male
70
unknown
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Collective Title
Young's Night Thoughts
10
Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Copy E
6
The Poems of Thomas Gray
6
Illustrations of the Book of Job
3
Songs of Innocence, Copy G
3
Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book II
1
Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book V
1
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
1
The Book of Thel, Copy R
1
There Is No Natural Religion, Copy B
1
Period
18th century
30
19th century
23
unknown period
7
18th century-19th century
5
17th century
2
19th century-20th century
2
20th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
52
watercolor
50
graphite
35
black ink
24
brown ink
21
laid paper
16
pen
12
gray wash
11
relief etching
11
etching (printing process)
10
line engraving
10
brown wash
9
gouache
6
gold
4
gray ink
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pens
3
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color printing
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religious and mythological subject
36
literary theme
30
figure study
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genre subject
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architectural subject
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landscape
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abstract art
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animal art
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religious and mythological subject
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literary theme
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men
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text
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figure study
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man
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woman
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women
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nudes
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trees
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wings
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angels
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leaf
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vines
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Africa
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Castilla-La Mancha
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Egypt
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England
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Korti
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La Mancha
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Ouse
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Cupid
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Job
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Satan
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Venus
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Adonis
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Anna, Tobit's wife, and Tobias' mother
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Ascalabus, son of Misme
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Callisto, one of the followers of Artemis
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Ceres, Roman deity
1
Hero
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Jupiter
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Leander
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Lucretia (died ca. BC 508)
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Minerva
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Misme, mother of Ascalabus
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Psyche
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
1
Exhibition History
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
9
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
5
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
3
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
3
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
2
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)
2
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)
2
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)
2
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (British Museum, 1987-06-18 - 1987-08-31)
1
Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-09-19 - 1987-11-08)
1
Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)
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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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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
1
Unto This Last (Watts Gallery) (Watts Gallery Trust, 2020-03-10 - 2020-11-01)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
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Yale Center for British Art, Fry Print Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale University Medical Library
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
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Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Mary Gertrude Abbey Fund
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attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Study of a Pilgrim
undated
2
John Constable, 1776–1837
Male Nude
1808
3
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Egyptian Man
1867
4
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Korti
1867
5
George Romney, 1734–1802
Ladies in Waiting
undated
6
George Romney, 1734–1802
Classical Male Nude
undated
7
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
1789
8
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Los shudder'd at beholding Albion..." (Plate 40)
1804 to 1820
9
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"And above Albions Land was seen the Heavenly Canaan..." (Plate 71)
1804 to 1820
10
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Chapter 4 Frontispiece (Plate 76)
1804 to 1820
11
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Encompass'd by the frozen Net..." (Plate 80)
1804 to 1820
12
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"I have mock'd those who refused cruelty..." (Plate 81)
1804 to 1820
13
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
"Then all the Males conjoined into One Male..." (Plate 69)
1804 to 1820
14
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
15
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
16
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
17
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
18
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Little Black Boy (Plate 30)
1789
19
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)
between 1797 and 1798
20
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Spring (Plate 26)
1789
21
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Lamb (Plate 8)
1789
22
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Frontispiece (Plate 1)
ca. 1788
23
William Blake, 1757–1827
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)
between 1797 and 1798
24
William Blake, 1757–1827
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)
between 1797 and 1798
25
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)
1797
26
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
27
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
28
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)
1797
29
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
30
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
31
William Blake, 1757–1827
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
between 1797 and 1798
32
William Blake, 1757–1827
"A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)
between 1797 and 1798
33
William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
between 1797 and 1798
34
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)
1723
35
Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
La Mancha
1828
36
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Study of a Male Nude
undated
37
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe
1821
38
John Varley, 1778–1842
Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing
between 1803 and 1804
39
Peter Oliver, 1589–1647
Venus and Adonis
1631
40
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Jupiter and Callisto: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
ca. 1723
41
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5
ca. 1723
42
Inigo Jones, 1573–1652
Design for a Temporary Arch Ornamented with Putti and Allegorical Figures of Music and War
ca. 1622
43
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Study of a Male Nude
undated
44
John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Seated Male Nude
1738
45
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase
between 1712 and 1713
46
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Hero and Leander
1801
47
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Venus Crowned by Cupid
between 1810 and 1815
48
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
A Maiden Aunt Smelling Fire
1804
49
James Jefferys, 1751–1784
The Body of Lucretia Exposed to the Romans
between 1777 and 1778
50
unknown artist
Deciding the Fate of the Woman
undated
51
unknown artist
Prison Scene
undated
52
unknown artist
Lovers in the Forest
undated
53
unknown artist
Nude Figures in Movement
undated
54
unknown artist
Nude Figure with Cow
undated
55
William Edward Frost, 1810–1877
Reclining Female Nude
after 1845
56
unknown artist
A Boy Pouring Liquid into a Vessel
undated
57
unknown artist
A Dissecting Scene
undated
58
circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Satan Smiting Job with Boils
undated
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circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
The Destruction of Job's Sons
undated
60
circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
The Fall of Satan
undated
61
Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Cupid and Psyche
ca. 1870
62
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace
1720
63
George Richmond, 1809–1896
The Sower
1830
64
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Bathers in a Landscape
undated
65
Wyndham Lewis, 1882–1957
Female Nude and Horse
ca. 1925
66
unknown artist
The Old Witch and the Votaries?
undated
67
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Percival Frees Belisane from the Spell of Urma
1811
68
attributed to Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Study of a Back of a Female Nude, Standing
undated
69
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Cupid Overpowering a Satyr
undated
70
Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Standing Female Nude Seen from Behind
undated
71
Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Seated Nude Couple by a River Bank
undated