Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper center: "1"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.1484
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
science | children | caterpillar | leaf | text | baby | botany | infant | historical subject | branch
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)

William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)

William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
Publications:
Denise Gigante, Life, organic form and Romanticism , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2009, between p. 114 and p. 115, pp. 140-41, Pl. III. 10, PR575.L54 G54 2009 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2412