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- Title:
- "His Spectre driv'n by the Starry Wheels of Albions sons..." (Plate 6)
- 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 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (22.5 x 16.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in orange ink, upper right: "6"
Lettered upper right: "6"; inside image: "His Spectre driv'n by the Starry Wheels of Albion's sons, black and | Opake divided from his back; he labours and he mourns!| For as his Emanation divided, his Spectre also divided | In terror of those starry wheels: and the Spectre stood over Los| Howling in pain : a black'ning Shadow, black'ning dark & opake | Cursing the terrible Los; bitterly cursing him for his friendship | To Albion, suggesting murderous thoughts against Albion. | Los rag'd and stamp'd the earth in his might & terrible wrath! | He stood and stamp'd the earth ; then he threw down his hammer in rage & | In fury: then he sat down and wept, terrified! Then arose | And chaunted his song, labouring with the tongs and hammer: | But still the Spectre divided, and still his pain increas'd! | In pain the Spectre divided, in pain of hunger and thirst, | To devour Los's Human Perfection, but when he saw that Los ..."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.1(6)
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bellows | blacksmith | chain | fire | hammer | literary theme | men | nudes | religious and mythological subject | smoke | stone | text | tongs | wings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3492
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