pl. 1: The Circle of the Lustful [' ...and like a corpse fell to the ground' Hell; Canto v. line 137.]
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove India proof paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 21 7/16 inches (37.5 × 54.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Plate I The Cirlce of the Lustful: Pasts & [?]"; lower right: "Show platemark." | B. 127 III"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.8(1)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)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:
The critique of reason : Romantic art, 1760-1860 : March 6-July 26, 2015, Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 2015, [p. 14], fig. 21, V 2574 (YCBA)