Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Laughing Song (Plate 14)
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "9"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1554
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
branches | leaf | sitting | table | chair | historical subject | vegetation | women | men | text | vines | trees
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)

William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)

William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
Publications:
Robert Hoozee, British vision : observation and imagination in British art, 1750-1950, , Mercatorfonds Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels , Ghent, 2007, p. 343, no. 233, fig. 233, N6767 B78 2007 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2491