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1. An Unwritten Novel

Creator:: Print made by Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: 1921
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 3/4 inches (18.4 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

2. Thel's Motto (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 green 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

3. Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor 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

4. Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor 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

5. Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 5)

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: 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

6. Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 9)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor 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

7. Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor 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

8. Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 12)

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: 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

9. Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 19)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor 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

10. Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)

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: 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

11. Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 20)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor 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

12. "The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 23)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor 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

13. Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 3)

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

14. Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 5)

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

15. Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 6)

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

16. Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 7)

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

17. Thel's Motto (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with 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

18. Chapter IV, "Los smitten with astonishment..." (Plate 12)

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

19. Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 13)

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

20. Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 17)

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

21. 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

22. Los Falls through Fire (Plate 21)

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

23. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23 (Bentley 9)

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

24. Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 25)

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

25. I. "Mans perceptions are not bounded by organs of perception..." (Plate 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. III. "From a perception of only 3 senses..." (Plate 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. "Therefore God becomes as we are..." (Plate 9)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. There Is No Natural Religion; Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. II. "Reason or the ratio of all we have already known..." (Plate 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Argument. "Man has no notion of moral fitness..." (Plate 2"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. I. "Man cannot naturally Percieve..."(Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. II. "Man by his reasoning power can only compare..." (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. IV. "None could have other than natural or organic thoughts..." (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. V. "Mans desires are limited by his perceptions..." (Plate 7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. VI. "The desires & perceptions of man untaught..." (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

37. Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

38. Fable XIII. The Tame Stag

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

39. Fable XVI. The Pin and the Needle

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

40. Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

41. Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

42. Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

43. Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

44. Fable XII. Pan and Fortune

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

45. Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

46. Fable I. The Dog and the Fox

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

47. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (16.5 x 9.8 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

48. Titania's Attendants Chasing Bats

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches (9.2 x 9.5 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

49. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slight textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 inches (14.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. The Prisoner of Chillon Entreating his Jailors to Bury His Brother Where the Sun Might Fall Upon His Grave

Creator:: Ford Madox Brown, 1821–1893
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pastel on medium, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted to thick, gray card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 7/8 inches (13.7 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Illustration for Don Quixote (with figures on a donkey)

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Malvolio Dancing

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with brown wash and oil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Viola and Olivia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 3/8 inches (16.7 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Claudio and Isabella

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Ferdinand Reunited with his Father

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (15.1 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 5/16 inches (16.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 inches (15.5 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 7/16 inches (16.3 x 11.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Katherina and Grumio

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, oil, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream beige paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.2 x 11.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (17.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 3/8 inches (15.3 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 1/2 inches (15.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (16.5 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.6 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 inches (16.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 3 15/16 inches (17 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. ...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 3 3/4 inches (16.4 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 inches (16.3 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Augustus Fox, 1800–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 15/16 inches (15.8 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. Ralph Cudworth

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16.4 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. St. Agatha's Abbey

Creator:: Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880
Date:: ca. 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 3/8 inches (30.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. St. Agatha's Abbey

Creator:: Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880
Date:: ca. 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; engraver's proof (c) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 11 7/8 inches (43.5 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. St. Agatha's Abbey

Creator:: Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880
Date:: ca. 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 7/8 inches (31.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Folkestone

Creator:: Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880
Date:: ca. 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 11 5/8 inches (43.5 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Folkestone

Creator:: Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880
Date:: ca. 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; finished engraver's proof (b) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (43.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Frontispiece to Pilgrim's Progress

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine-collé; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 11 3/4 inches (43.5 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Whitby

Creator:: Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880
Date:: ca. 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (36.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Tynemouth Priory

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: ca. 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé, graphite, and scraping out; touched engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 9 1/2 inches (36.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Samuel Butler

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 3/8 inches (12.4 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. The Field of Waterloo from Hougoumont

Creator:: Print made by Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé; third state on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (28.9 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Castellated Rhine

Creator:: Print made by Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; third state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 inches (16.8 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Last Scene: 'Jack Sheppard's Farewell to Mr Wood / Blueskin cutting down Jack Sheppard / The Body of Jack Sheppard carried off by the Mob'

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 7 inches (21.8 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

88. Jonathan Wild Throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard Down the Well-Hole

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 1/2 inches (22.9 x 19 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

89. Jack Sheppard and Blueskin in Mr. Woods Bedroom

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 7 3/8 inches (21.8 x 18.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

90. The Name on the Beams

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches (21 x 18.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

91. Folkestone

Creator:: Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880
Date:: 1844-1867
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 inches (37.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. St. Agatha's Abbey

Creator:: Print made by John Cousen, 1804–1880
Date:: 1844-1867
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (37.1 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 4 inches (16.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

94. Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

95. Venice, The Rialto - Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (29.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Loch Lomond

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (29.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Jack Sheppard Committing the Robbery in Willesden Church

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 7 3/16 inches (21.8 x 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

98. Jack Sheppard Tricking Shotbolt, the Gaoler

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 7 9/16 inches (21.4 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

99. Jonathan Wild Seizing Jack Sheppard at his Mother's Grave in Willesden Church Yard

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 7 5/16 inches (21.5 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

100. Grandpapa's Story or The Witches Frolick

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 11/16 inches (23.5 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

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1. An Unwritten Novel

2. Thel's Motto (Plate 1)

3. Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 3)

4. Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 4)

5. Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 5)

6. Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 9)

7. Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 11)

8. Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 12)

9. Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 19)

10. Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)

11. Chapter VIII, "Of life on his forsaken mountains..." (Plate 20)

12. "The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 23)

13. Fettered Urizen Weeping (Plate 3)

14. Chapter I, "Lo, a shadow of horror is risen..." (Plate 5)

15. Chapter II, "Muster around the bleak desarts..." (Plate 6)

16. Urizen Swims through Dark Waters (Plate 7)

17. Thel's Motto (Plate 1)

18. Chapter IV, "Los smitten with astonishment..." (Plate 12)

19. Chapter IV, "Ages on ages roll'd over him..." (Plate 13)

20. Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 17)

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

22. Los Falls through Fire (Plate 21)

23. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23 (Bentley 9)

24. Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 25)

25. I. "Mans perceptions are not bounded by organs of perception..." (Plate 10)

26. III. "From a perception of only 3 senses..." (Plate 5)

27. "Therefore God becomes as we are..." (Plate 9)

28. There Is No Natural Religion; Frontispiece (Plate 1)

29. II. "Reason or the ratio of all we have already known..." (Plate 11)

30. The Argument. "Man has no notion of moral fitness..." (Plate 2"

31. I. "Man cannot naturally Percieve..."(Plate 3)

32. II. "Man by his reasoning power can only compare..." (Plate 4)

33. IV. "None could have other than natural or organic thoughts..." (Plate 6)

34. V. "Mans desires are limited by his perceptions..." (Plate 7)

35. VI. "The desires & perceptions of man untaught..." (Plate 8)

36. Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher

37. Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus

38. Fable XIII. The Tame Stag

39. Fable XVI. The Pin and the Needle

40. Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail

41. Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud

42. Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard

43. Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge

44. Fable XII. Pan and Fortune

45. Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer

46. Fable I. The Dog and the Fox

47. Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

48. Titania's Attendants Chasing Bats

49. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

50. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

51. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

52. The Prisoner of Chillon Entreating his Jailors to Bury His Brother Where the Sun Might Fall Upon His Grave

53. Illustration for Don Quixote (with figures on a donkey)

54. Malvolio Dancing

55. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

56. Viola and Olivia

57. Claudio and Isabella

58. Ferdinand Reunited with his Father

59. Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio

60. Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby

61. Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife

62. Katherina and Grumio

63. Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song

64. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

65. Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph

66. Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff

67. Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

68. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

69. Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans

70. Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor

71. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

72. ...in ein Nonnen Kloster geh: 'Hamlet,' Act III, Scene IX

73. Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II