Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
"In the flames stood & view'd the armies drawn out in the sky..." (Plate 16)
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in blue ink upper right: "14"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.2(16)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
roots | snake | serpent | dragon | branches | clouds | religious and mythological subject | mythological figures | nudes | text | trees | women | men | flame | fire
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake: Visionary (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023-10-17 - 2024-01-14)

William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)

The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)

The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
Publications:
William Blake, Libros profe´ticos, vol. 1, Atalanta, Vilau¨r, Spain, 2013, p. 225, PR4142 .S35 2013

William Blake : Visionary, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, p. 129, pl. 87, NJ18.B57 A12 2020 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3858