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1. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (24.8 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The First Stage of Cruelty: First, Children Torturing Animals

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/4in. (39.1 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Second Stage of Cruelty: Second, Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 12 3/4in. (39.1 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Second Stage of Cruelty: Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1751, printed 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

5. The First Stage of Cruelty: Children Torturing Animals

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1751, printed 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

6. The Fourth Stage of Cruelty: The Reward of Cruelty

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1751, printed 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

7. The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection - The Murder

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1751, printed 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

8. Marine Dabblers

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 1/2 inches (24.1 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Stonehenge at Daybreak

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1815 to 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in brown ink; modern impression on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 1/2 inches (24.4 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. London from Greenwich

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 3/4 inches (23.8 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Paestum

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1820 and 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; artist's proof (d) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (21.6 × 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Before

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (42.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

13. After

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 3/4 inches (40.6 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

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

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

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. '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

17. 'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)

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

18. 'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)

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

19. Night the Third. Narcissa; 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

20. 'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain' (Page 46)

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

21. 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

22. 'Swift on His Downy Pinion Flies from Woe' (Page 1)

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

23. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

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

24. '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

25. '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

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

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

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

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

28. 'O treacherous conscience!' (Page 27)

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

29. '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

30. '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

31. 'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)

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

32. 'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)

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

33. 'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)

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

34. The Christian Triumph; 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

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

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

36. 'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)

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

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

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

38. 'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)

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

39. 'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)

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

40. 'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)

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

41. 'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

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

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4in. (42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. 'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)

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

52. 'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)

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

53. '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

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

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

55. 'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)

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

56. 'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)

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

57. 'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)

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

58. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

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

59. 'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

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

60. 'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)

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

61. 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

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

62. 'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)

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

63. 'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)

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

64. 'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. 'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)

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

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Complaint, and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume of engravings in brown calf with marbled boards
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4in. (42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

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

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

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

73. '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

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

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

75. Illustrations of The Book of Job; Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving with chine-collé; proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 17 1/4in. (43.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Illustrations of The Book of Job

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume of 21 engravings with chine-collé; proofs on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 17 1/4in. (43.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Bonaparte's Head-Quarters in London

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 12 1/2in. (25.1 x 31.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. River Stour, Suffolk

Creator:: Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; printer's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 12 3/4 inches (25.4 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. Cottage Scene Near Colchester, Essex

Creator:: Francis Jukes, 1747–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Color aquatint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4in. (27.3 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Cottage Scene Near Colchester, Essex

Creator:: Francis Jukes, 1747–1812
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Color aquatint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4in. (27.3 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. The Barbadoes Mulatto Girl

Creator:: Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 x 12 5/8 inches (49.7 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Algiers

Creator:: Annie L. Simpson, active 1894–1913
Date:: between 1894 and 1913
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, color printed
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 5/8in. (47 x 32cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith Zlotsky

83. The Salutation Tavern

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 15/16 inches (25.5 x 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. The Slumbers of Ragotin Interrupted

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 1/8 inches (27.1 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Overthrow of Dr. Slop

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 17 11/16 inches (28.7 x 45 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Damnation of Obadiah

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 17 1/2 inches (27.5 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Battle of the Cataplasm

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (28.2 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. The Siege of Namur

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 17 13/16 inches (28.5 x 45.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Presented by the Officers

Creator:: Print made by George Cuitt, 1779–1854
Date:: after 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 12 13/16 inches (47.6 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Via Mala

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, with brown wash (touched proof) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 1/2 inches (23.2 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Spanish Student

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige Japan paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 12 11/16 inches (45.7 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (47.9 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Mouth of the River Humber

Creator:: Print made by George H. Phillips, active 1819–1825
Date:: 1823 to 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and graphite; touched engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (24.1 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Thomas Philip third Lord Grantham, afterwards Earl De Grey, with his brothers, Frederick John and Philip

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 × 17 1/4 inches (54.3 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Lavinia Countess Spencer

Creator:: Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, 2nd state on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 12 7/16 inches (41.6 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Miss Croker

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, line engraving, and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
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 Fund

97. Miss Farren

Creator:: Print made by Charles Knight, 1743–c.1826
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving (third state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 17 1/4 inches (63.8 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Miss Farren

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving (fourth state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (54.6 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. Miss Farren

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving (fifth state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 × 14 1/4 inches (56.5 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. Miss Farren

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed etching and stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor (possibly fifth state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (54.6 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

2. The First Stage of Cruelty: First, Children Torturing Animals

3. The Second Stage of Cruelty: Second, Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

4. The Second Stage of Cruelty: Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

5. The First Stage of Cruelty: Children Torturing Animals

6. The Fourth Stage of Cruelty: The Reward of Cruelty

7. The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection - The Murder

8. Marine Dabblers

9. Stonehenge at Daybreak

10. London from Greenwich

11. Paestum

12. Before

13. After

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

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

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

17. 'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)

18. 'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)

19. Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page

20. 'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain' (Page 46)

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

22. 'Swift on His Downy Pinion Flies from Woe' (Page 1)

23. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

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

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

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

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

28. 'O treacherous conscience!' (Page 27)

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

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

31. 'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)

32. 'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)

33. 'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)

34. The Christian Triumph; Title Page

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

36. 'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)

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

38. 'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)

39. 'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)

40. 'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)

41. 'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

51. 'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)

52. 'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)

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

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

55. 'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)

56. 'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)

57. 'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)

58. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

59. 'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)

60. 'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)

61. 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

62. 'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)

63. 'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)

64. 'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)

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

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

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

68. 'But for the blessing wrestle not with heaven' (Page 88)

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

70. The Complaint, and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts

71. 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

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

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