Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Work Type: drawing / Subject Terms: children

1. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1790–92
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor over graphite on moderately thick moderately textured white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 21 inches (36.2 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Prison Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1790–92
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 inches (34 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
On View:: On view at YUAG

3. Family Gathered on a Porch, Opatow Kielecki, Poland

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1907
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and watercolor on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 inches (16.8 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

4. Farmhouse with Children

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thin, smooth gray wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 1/2 inches (22.9 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

5. Rome from Monte Mario

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 x 8 7/16 inches (13.8 x 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Divine Image (Plate 24)

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

8. The Little Girl Found (Plate 22)

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

9. Infant Joy (Plate 28)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief and white-line 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Cradle Song (Plate 26)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor; verso: relief and white-line etching with 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Songs of Experience, Frontispiece (Plate 32)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Fly (Plate 48)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in pale brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief and white-line 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Ecchoing Green (Plate 8)

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

24. The Chimney Sweeper (Plate 10)

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

25. The Little Black Boy (Plate 6)

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

26. Spring (Plate 12)

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

27. The Lamb (Plate 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor; verso: relief and white-line etching with 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

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

29. Albion's Angel; Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief and white-line etching, 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll'd..." (Plate 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief and white-line etching, 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. America, A Prophecy; Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. A Prophecy. "The Guardian Prince of Albion burns in his nightly tent..." (Plate 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in blue 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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. "Shot from the heights of Enitharmon..." (Plate 17)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief and white-line etching with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Famine (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief and white-line etching with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)

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

40. "The Pensive Selima, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purr'd applause..." (Design 9)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Ecchoing Green (Plate 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Divine Image (Plate 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Nurse's Song (Plate 22)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. On Anothers Sorrow (Plate 24)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Spring (Plate 26)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Laughing Song (Plate 28)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Little Girl Found (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. The Lamb (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. "Highgates heights & Hampsteads..." (Plate 84)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. "To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. "In Great Eternity every particular Form..." (Plate 54)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. "To the Christians..." (Plate 77)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. "Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. A Long Story; Title Page

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. "A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Ode to Adversity; Title Page

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. The Progress of Poesy, A Pindaric Ode; Title Page

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. "Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Spring, from Songs of Innocence

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches (4.8 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Pity

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed monotype, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and varnish on moderately textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (41.3 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. The Little Black Boy (Plate 30)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 inches (27.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Donnybrook Fair, 1782

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches (32.1 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Study of a Group of Children

Creator:: Circle of William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, blue wash, graphite, white gouache, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 3/16 inches (15.2 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Green Park

Creator:: George Sidney Shepherd, 1784–1862
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 15/16 inches (11.4 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Peasant Girls

Creator:: attributed to John Absolon, 1815–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 1/2 inches (32.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Brass Plate Monument of the Duchess of Northumberland and Her Daughters, Chelsea Church

Creator:: Daniel Lysons, 1762–1834
Date:: between 1796 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 10 3/8 inches (30.5 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Welsh Children

Creator:: Frederick William Hulme, 1816–1884
Date:: 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 56 1/8 inches (15.6 × 142.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Horses in a Paddock

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (10.5 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Olivia Returns to Her Family

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 21 7/8 inches (43.2 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. London Cries: A Fishmonger

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches (19.1 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. London Cries: Fun upon Fun

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (18.1 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. A Christening

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 4 3/8 inches (12.7 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Bathing Tents on the Beach, Ostend

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 6 5/16 inches (9 × 16.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Study for A Summer Moon

Creator:: Charles March Gere, 1869–1957
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

79. A Hay Wagon Drawn by Four Horses

Creator:: Charles Cooper Henderson, 1803–1877
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen, in brown ink, over graphite with traces of, white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 7/8 × 14 inches (25.1 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. A Crowded Race Meeting

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1805 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (14.9 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Blazing on the Hearth, The Father Recounting the History to His Children

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/8 × 3 inches (6 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Greenwich

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1795 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 18 5/16 inches (28.4 x 46.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. St. Michael's Hill, Bristol

Creator:: Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 3/8 inches (16.7 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. A Military Encampment in Hyde Park

Creator:: James Malton, 1761–1803
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 7/16 inches (21 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. A Study of Children

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 8 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (21.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. A Fort Near Montmartre

Creator:: Augustus William Reeve, active 1831–1888
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 8 7/8 inches (10.5 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Skating in Hyde Park

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.2 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. "The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers in Prison (The Pardon)

Creator:: C. Blake, active 1825–1826
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and varnish on very thick, rough, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 17 1/4 inches (33.2 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. "The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers Before the Magistrates

Creator:: C. Blake, active 1825–1826
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and varnish on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 17 5/8 inches (32.4 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Cottager's Hospitality to Travellers of The Coach Broke Down

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (29.8 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. The Exeter College Eight on the Isis, Oxford

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 21 7/16 inches (28.6 × 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Four O'Clock in the Country

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1788 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches (32.7 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Job and His Family

Creator:: circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (8.9 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Job and His Daughters

Creator:: circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (9.5 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. The Destruction of Job's Sons

Creator:: circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches (13.3 x 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. The Greengrocer

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.9 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. The Poultry Market

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (23.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Steine, Brighton

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 6 3/4 inches (9.5 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. A Priest with Two Children

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: between 1825 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and red chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 13/16 inches (25.1 x 19.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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2. Prison Scene

3. Family Gathered on a Porch, Opatow Kielecki, Poland

4. Farmhouse with Children

5. Rome from Monte Mario

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

7. The Divine Image (Plate 24)

8. The Little Girl Found (Plate 22)

9. Infant Joy (Plate 28)

10. A Cradle Song (Plate 26)

11. Songs of Experience, Frontispiece (Plate 32)

12. The Fly (Plate 48)

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

14. 'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)

15. 'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)

16. 'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)

17. Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)

18. Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)

19. III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)

20. III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)

21. IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)

22. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

23. The Ecchoing Green (Plate 8)

24. The Chimney Sweeper (Plate 10)

25. The Little Black Boy (Plate 6)

26. Spring (Plate 12)

27. The Lamb (Plate 18)

28. Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

29. Albion's Angel; Frontispiece (Plate 1)

30. Fiery the Angels rose, & as they rose deep thunder roll'd..." (Plate 13)

31. America, A Prophecy; Title Page (Plate 2)

32. A Prophecy. "The Guardian Prince of Albion burns in his nightly tent..." (Plate 5)

33. Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)

34. III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)

35. IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)

36. III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)

37. "Shot from the heights of Enitharmon..." (Plate 17)

38. Famine (Plate 8)

39. Preludium to the First Book of Urizen, "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2)

40. "The Pensive Selima, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purr'd applause..." (Design 9)

41. Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

42. The Ecchoing Green (Plate 10)

43. The Divine Image (Plate 12)

44. Nurse's Song (Plate 22)

45. On Anothers Sorrow (Plate 24)

46. Spring (Plate 26)

47. Laughing Song (Plate 28)

48. The Little Girl Found (Plate 6)

49. The Lamb (Plate 8)

50. "Highgates heights & Hampsteads..." (Plate 84)

51. "To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)

52. "In Great Eternity every particular Form..." (Plate 54)

53. "To the Christians..." (Plate 77)

54. The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)

55. "Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)

56. A Long Story; Title Page

57. "A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27)

58. Ode to Adversity; Title Page

59. The Progress of Poesy, A Pindaric Ode; Title Page

60. "Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)

61. Spring, from Songs of Innocence

62. Pity

63. The Little Black Boy (Plate 30)

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

65. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

66. Donnybrook Fair, 1782

67. Study of a Group of Children

68. Green Park

69. Peasant Girls

70. Brass Plate Monument of the Duchess of Northumberland and Her Daughters, Chelsea Church

71. Welsh Children

72. Horses in a Paddock

73. Olivia Returns to Her Family