Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, BritishText by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite upper right: "2"; in red ink upper right: "1"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.5(2)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
women | children | infant | baby | flames | trees | text | gown | branches | literary theme | religious and mythological subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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)William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)