- Title:
- Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 10)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1794
- Materials & Techniques:
- Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm), Plate: 6 x 4 1/4 inches (15.2 x 10.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "11"
Lettered inside image, center: "1 Urizen. C:IV"; left: "7. From the caverns of his jointed Spine, | Down sunk with fright a red | Round globe hot burning deep | Deep down into the Abyss; | Panting: Conglobing, Trembling | Shooting out ten thousand branches | Around his solid bones. | And a second Age passed over, | And a state of dismal woe. | 8. In harrowing fear rolling round: | His nervous brain shot branches | Round the branches of his heart | On high into two little orbs | And fixed in two little caves"; right: "Hiding carefully from the wind. | His Eyes beheld the deep. | And a third Age passed over; | And a state of dismal woe. | 9. The pangs of hope began. | In heavy pain striving. struggling. | Two Ears in close volutions. | From beneath his orbs of vision | Shot spiring out, and petrified | As they grew. And a fourth Age passed | And a state of dismal woe. | 10. In ghastly torment sick; | Hanging upon the wind;"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1429
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- blood | chain | fire | flames | hammer | literary theme | men | nudes | shackle | sitting | skeleton | text
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2355
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