- Title:
- Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 15)
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1794
- Materials & Techniques:
- Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown 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: "16"
Lettered inside image, center: "1 Urizen. C:V."; left: "8. The globe of life blood trembled | Branching out into roots; | Fibrous, writhing upon the winds: | Fibres of blood, milk and tears: | In pangs. eternity on eternity. | At length in tears & cries imbodied | A female form trembling and pale | Waves before his deathy face"; right: "9. All Eternity shudderd at sight | Of the first female now separate | Pale as a cloud of snow | Waving before the face of Los | 10. Wonder, awe, fear, astonishment, | Petrify the eternal myriads, | At the first female form now separate"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1434
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- fire | flames | hammer | literary theme | men | nudes | 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:2360
- Export:
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- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
William Blake, Libros profe´ticos, vol. 1, Atalanta, Vilau¨r, Spain, 2013, p. 318, PR4142 .S35 2013 [ORBIS]