Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishHand colored by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishText by Edward Young, 1683–1765, BritishPublished by Richard Edwards, active 1796–1797, British
Title:
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image: "19 | NIGHT THE SECOND. | 'WHEN the cock crew, he wept'--smote by that eye | Which looks on me, on all; that power, who bids | This midnight centinel, with clarion shrill, | *Emblem of that which shall awake the dead, | Rouse souls from slumber into thoughts of heaven: | Shall I too weep? where then is fortitude? | And, fortitude abandon'd, where is man? | I know the terms on which he sees the light; | He that is born, is listed; life is war, | Eternal war with woe: who bears it best, | Deserves it least--on other themes I'll dwell. | LORENZO! let me turn my thoughts on thee, | And thine, on themes may profit; profit there, | Where most thy need--themes, too, the genuine growth | Of dear PHILANDER'S dust: he, thus, though dead, | May still befriend.--What themes? time's wondrous price, | Death, friendship, and PHILANDER'S final scene."; lower left: "inv. & sc | WB"; lower left: "Pubd. June 27, 1796, by R. Edwards, No. 142 New Bond Street."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.10(12)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject | literary theme | nude | nudes | trumpet | text | skeleton | men | man