Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
Jerusalem, Plate 78, "The Spectres of..."
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)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.1(78)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sitting | sunset | water | sun | men | darkness | mythological figures | text | rooster | vines | nudes | clouds | beak | religious and mythological subject | stones | literary theme | waves (natural events)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake: Visionary (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023-10-17 - 2024-01-14)

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:
David Sten Herrstrom, Book of unknowing, a poet's response to the Gospel of John , Wipf & Stock Publishers, Eugene, 2012, Cover and title page, Not Available at Yale

William Blake : Visionary, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, p. 151, pl. 108, NJ18.B57 A12 2020 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3512