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1. Basket of Flowers

Creator:: Print made by Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: ca. 1954
Materials & Techniques:: Linocut printed in blue ink on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 1/2 inches (30.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

2. Dahlias

Creator:: Print made by Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

3. Dog [A Foxhound on the Scent]

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching with roulette work
Dimensions:: Plate: 3 3/4 x 4 1/8in. (9.5 x 10.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Christmas

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching retouched with black ink, watercolor, gray gouache, and white gouache on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 4 3/16 inches (12.3 x 10.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Christmas

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1877
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper (Japanese paper)
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 7/16 inches (22.2 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Book of Thel, Title Page (Plate 2)

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

7. II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)

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

8. "And none but Bromian can hear my lamentations..." (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches (34.6 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The First Book of Urizen, Title Page (Plate 1)

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

10. 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

11. For Children. The Gates of Paradise; Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Water (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Earth (Plate 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Air (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister (Plate 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. "In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 6)

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

17. Urizen (Plate 8)

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

18. Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 10)

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

19. Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 13)

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

20. Urizen (Plate 14)

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

21. "They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 17)

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

22. Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 15)

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

23. Urizen (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: 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

24. Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 25)

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

25. What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. I Found Him Beneath a Tree (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Fire (Plate 7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. My Son! My Son! (Plate 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Alas! (Plate 9)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Aged Ignorance (Plate 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Help! Help! (Plate 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision (Plate 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This? (Plate 14)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening (Plate 16)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Death's Door (Plate 17)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. 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

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: 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 27)

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

44. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 28 (Bentley 27)

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

45. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4 (Bentley 24)

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

46. "In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 8)

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

47. The Book of Thel; Title Page (Plate 2)

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

48. 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

49. I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)

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

50. II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)

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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. The First Book of Urizen; Title Page (Plate 1)

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

55. "Los howld in a dismal stupor..." (Plate 10)

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

56. Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 14)

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

57. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15 (Bentley 14)

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

58. Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 16)

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

59. 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: 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

60. "They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 19)

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

61. Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 20)

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

62. Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 22)

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

63. "The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 26)

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

64. The Book of Thel

Creator:: Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume of eight relief etchings printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink
Dimensions:: Plate: 6 x 4 1/4in. (15.2 x 10.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)

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

66. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 14

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 17

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 18

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 15

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Theocritus

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 16

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. From Antique Coins

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Caius Julius Cæsar

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Octavius Augustus Cæsar

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Epicurus

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. For Children. The Gates of Paradise, London, by William Blake

Creator:: Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Volume of etchings bound in quarter calf and marbled boards
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 5/8in. (14.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. A Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London

A Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London

Creator:: Text by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume, 12mo, full red crushed levant morocco, Jansen style, with gilt edges
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/2 inches (19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Frontispiece

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Publius Virgilius Maro

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Pastorals of Virgil, Volume 2

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. The Pastorals of Virgil, Volume 1

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Untitled: Cupid

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 5 1/2 x 3in. (14 x 7.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Dogs Chasing a Hare

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 4 5/16 inches (9.5 x 10.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist

84. Lioness

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 4 5/16 inches (14.8 × 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist

85. Sleeping Bull

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 6 5/16 inches (9.1 x 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist

86. Horse

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 4 7/16 inches (14.5 × 11.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist

87. Study of Trees on the Banks of the Yare

Creator:: Print made by Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (13.3 x 16.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Print made by Nathaniel Schroeder, 1630–1685
Date:: between 1660 and 1670
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 4 5/16 inches (14.6 × 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. An English Sloop Engaging a Dutch Man of War

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 inches (26.4 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. Man with Jug

Creator:: Print made by Richard Brookshaw, 1736–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 x 6 7/8 inches (19.2 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. Peasants Drinking

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: between 1765 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (20 x 15 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Carlo Maratti

Creator:: R. Page, active 1816–1825
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving with hand coloring
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2in. (15.9 x 11.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Fry Print Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

93. The Assassin

Creator:: Charles Phillips, 1737– after 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 7/16in. (15 x 11.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Ozias Humphry

Creator:: Print made by William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (32.2 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

95. David Hume

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Collyer, 1748–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 1/2 inches (17.9 × 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

96. Rural Life

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (22.5 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. Lady (La Bella?)

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 5 1/16 inches (20 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Miss and her Kitten (Rural Life)

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (23.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. Illustrations used for 17th Century Chapbook

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1909
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (15 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. The Brook

Creator:: Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799–1883
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/16 x 4 7/16 inches (8.7 x 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Basket of Flowers

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3. Dog [A Foxhound on the Scent]

4. Christmas

5. Christmas

6. The Book of Thel, Title Page (Plate 2)

7. II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)

8. "And none but Bromian can hear my lamentations..." (Plate 6)

9. The First Book of Urizen, Title Page (Plate 1)

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

11. For Children. The Gates of Paradise; Title Page (Plate 2)

12. Water (Plate 4)

13. Earth (Plate 5)

14. Air (Plate 6)

15. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister (Plate 18)

16. "In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 6)

17. Urizen (Plate 8)

18. Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 10)

19. Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 13)

20. Urizen (Plate 14)

21. "They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 17)

22. Chapter V, "The globe of life blood trembled..." (Plate 15)

23. Urizen (Plate 21)

24. Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 25)

25. What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)

26. I Found Him Beneath a Tree (Plate 3)

27. Fire (Plate 7)

28. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell (Plate 8)

29. My Son! My Son! (Plate 10)

30. Alas! (Plate 9)

31. Aged Ignorance (Plate 13)

32. Help! Help! (Plate 12)

33. I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)

34. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision (Plate 15)

35. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This? (Plate 14)

36. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening (Plate 16)

37. Death's Door (Plate 17)

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

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

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

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

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

43. Chapter IX, "They lived a period of years..." (Plate 27)

44. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 28 (Bentley 27)

45. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4 (Bentley 24)

46. "In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 8)

47. The Book of Thel; Title Page (Plate 2)

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

49. I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)

50. II. "O little Cloud the virgin said, I charge thee tell to me..." (Plate 5)

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

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

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

54. The First Book of Urizen; Title Page (Plate 1)

55. "Los howld in a dismal stupor..." (Plate 10)

56. Chapter IV, "From the caverns of his jointed spine..." (Plate 14)

57. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15 (Bentley 14)

58. Chapter V, "Two Nostrils bent down to the deep..." (Plate 16)

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

60. "They call'd her Pity, and fled..." (Plate 19)

61. Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 20)

62. Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 22)

63. "The Ox in the slaughter house moans..." (Plate 26)

64. The Book of Thel

65. I, "Why should the mistress of the vales of Har, utter a sigh..." (Plate 4)

66. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 14

67. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 17

68. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 18

69. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 15

70. Theocritus

71. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 16

72. From Antique Coins

73. Caius Julius Cæsar