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'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
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
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
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
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. Evening

Evening
Creator:
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.9 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Chamonix, Mer de Glace
Creator:
Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:
between 1778 and 1779
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on thick, rough, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/16 x 16 13/16in. (25.6 x 42.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dartmouth Castle
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Mount: 19 3/4 x 28 1/8 inches (50.2 x 71.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Archangel Gabriel Awaiting Night
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 x 9 7/8 inches (30.6 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Windermere at Sunset
Creator:
Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on medium moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches (15.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lake Windermere from Calgarth with Belle Isle
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper in contemporary line mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 × 20 1/8 inches (34.6 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Close of the Day: Sunset on the Coast
Creator:
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:
between 1768 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil and graphite on thick, moderately textured, laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches (24.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection