- Title:
- "And the voices of Bath & Canterbury & York & Edinburgh, Cry..." (Plate 57)
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Copy E
- Date:
- 1804 to 1820
- Materials & Techniques:
- Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches (21 x 14.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "London | And the voices of Bath & Canterbury & York & Edinburgh, Cry | Over the Plow of Nations in the strong hand of Albion, thundering along | Among the Fires of the Druid & the deep black rethundering Waters | Of the Atlantic which poured in impetuous loud, loud, louder & louder. | And the Great Voice of the Atlantic howled over the Druid Altars: | Weeping over his Children in Stone-henge, in Maiden & Colchester, | Round the Rocky Peak of Derbyshire, London Stone & Rosamond's Bower. | What is a Wife & what is a Harlot? What is a Church? & What | Is a Theatre? are they Two & not One? can they Exist Separate? | Are not Religion & Politics the Same Thing? Brotherhood is Religion, | O Demonstrations of Reason, Dividing Families in Cruelty & Pride! | But Albion fled from the Divine Vision with the Plow of Nations enflaming, | The Living Creatures madden'd and Albion fell into the Furrow, and | The Plow went over him & the Living was Plowed in among the Dead: | But his Spectre rose over the starry Plow. Albion fled beneath the Plow | Till he came to the Rock of Ages, & he took his Seat upon the Rock. | Wonder siez'd all in Eternity : to behold the Divine Vision open | The Center into an Expanse, & the Center rolled out into an Expanse."; lower center: "Jerusalem"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.1(57)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arch | branches | churches | literary theme | night | nudes | religious and mythological subject | roots | sky | spires | stars | text | vines | women
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3489
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
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