Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page
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)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1335
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
crooks | nude | flowers (plants) | women | willows | text | leaf | vines | gowns | literary theme | birds
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)

The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
Publications:
William Blake, Libros profe´ticos, vol. 1, Atalanta, Vilau¨r, Spain, 2013, p. 65, PR4142 .S35 2013

Colin Trodd, The Energy Man: Blake, Nietzscheanism and Cultural Criticism in Britain, 1890-1920, Visual Culture in Britain, 19, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, England, p. 299, N6761 V57 (LC) (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2255