Genre: literary theme / Creator: Blake, William, 1757–1827 / Subject Terms: nude

1. 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

2. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

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

3. Spring (Plate 26)

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

4. The Lamb (Plate 8)

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

5. 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

6. '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

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

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

8. '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

9. The Christian Triumph; 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

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

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

11. 'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)

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

12. '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

13. '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

14. Poems by Mr. Gray; Title Page

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

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

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. "Los shudder'd at beholding Albion..." (Plate 40)

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

19. "Then all the Males conjoined into One Male..." (Plate 69)

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

20. "And above Albions Land was seen the Heavenly Canaan..." (Plate 71)

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

21. Chapter 4 Frontispiece (Plate 76)

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

22. "Encompass'd by the frozen Net..." (Plate 80)

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

23. "I have mock'd those who refused cruelty..." (Plate 81)

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

24. '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

25. "Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)

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

26. Ode on the Spring; Title Page

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

27. "Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)

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

28. The Little Black Boy (Plate 30)

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

29. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808, published 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Reunion of the Soul & the Body

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808, published 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Death's Door

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808, published 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Death of the Strong Wicked Man

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Reunion of the Soul & the Body

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (50.2 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Day of Judgment

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (50.2 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Death's Door

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Reunion of the Soul & the Body

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Day of Judgment

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 13 1/2 inches (51.4 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Death's Door

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (49.8 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Death of the Strong Wicked Man

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 inches (34.9 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

2. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

3. Spring (Plate 26)

4. The Lamb (Plate 8)

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

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

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

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

9. The Christian Triumph; Title Page

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

11. 'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)

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

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

14. Poems by Mr. Gray; Title Page

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

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

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

18. "Los shudder'd at beholding Albion..." (Plate 40)

19. "Then all the Males conjoined into One Male..." (Plate 69)

20. "And above Albions Land was seen the Heavenly Canaan..." (Plate 71)

21. Chapter 4 Frontispiece (Plate 76)

22. "Encompass'd by the frozen Net..." (Plate 80)

23. "I have mock'd those who refused cruelty..." (Plate 81)

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

25. "Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)

26. Ode on the Spring; Title Page

27. "Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)

28. The Little Black Boy (Plate 30)

29. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

30. The Reunion of the Soul & the Body

31. Death's Door

32. Death of the Strong Wicked Man

33. The Reunion of the Soul & the Body

34. The Day of Judgment

35. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

36. Death's Door

37. The Reunion of the Soul & the Body

38. The Day of Judgment

39. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

40. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

41. Death's Door

42. Death of the Strong Wicked Man