Materials & Techniques: line engraving / Height [cm]: 42 / Subject Terms: religious and mythological subject

1. Night the First. On Life, Death, and Immortality; Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. 'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Christian Triumph; Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Johannes Potter, Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 3/4 inches (41.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Isabella Clara Eugenia

Creator:: Print made by Lucas Vorsterman I, 1595–1675
Date:: ca. 1635
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/16 × 12 3/4 inches (41.8 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Nile

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine-collé; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 11 1/8 inches (42.2 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Nile

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine-collé on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 11 1/8 inches (42.2 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Night the First. On Life, Death, and Immortality; Title Page

2. 'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)

3. Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)

4. 'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)

5. 'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)

6. 'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)

7. 'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)

8. 'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)

9. 'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)

10. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)

11. 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

12. Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page

13. The Christian Triumph; Title Page

14. 'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)

15. 'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)

16. 'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)

17. 'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)

18. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

19. Johannes Potter, Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis

20. Isabella Clara Eugenia

21. The Nile

22. The Nile