Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian

after Thomas Phillips, 1770–1845, British

Published by Rudolf Ackermann, 1764–1834, British

Title:

William Blake, Frontispiece

Date:

1808, published 1813

Materials & Techniques:

Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Lettered below image: "Painted by T. Phillips R.A. | William Blake | Engraved by L. Schiavonetti VA | London, Pubd. March 1, 1813, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1974.8.13

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

portrait

Currently On View:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)

The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23422