Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Width [cm]: 24 / Classification: Prints

1. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (16.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Bellman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1879
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 7/8 inches (28.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Bellman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1879
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Homeward Star

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: begun ca. 1880
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1879
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (26.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 3/4 inches (25.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Simon, Lord Lovat

Creator:: after William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Date:: 1746
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (36.2 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Book of Thel

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Relief etchings printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink; 8 leaves
Dimensions:: Plate: 6 x 4 1/4in. (15.2 x 10.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Book of Thel, Plate 4, "Why should the mistress . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: 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

10. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, London, 1826

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Bound volume of twenty engravings
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4in. (34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Europe. A Prophecy, Frontispiece Proof Impression

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Relief etching prined in brown ink; verso: color printed relief etching, pen and black ink, and gray ink; proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (31.8 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 22 (Bentley 24)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 24 (Bentley 26)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4, "Muster around the bleak desarts . . . ." (Bentley 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 11, "Two nostrils bent down to the deep . . . ." (Bentley 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 14 (Bentley 14)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 17, "They call'd her Pity and fled . . . ." (Bentley 19)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16 (Bentley 17)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15, "8. The globe of life blood trembled . . . ." (Bentley 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 21 (Bentley 27)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 18 (Bentley 21)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 19, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity . . . ." (Bentley 20)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23: "The Ox in the slaughter house moans . . . ." (Bentley 25)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: 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

25. The Book of Thel, Plate 3, "Thel / I / The daughters of Mne Seraphim . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: 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

26. The Book of Thel, Plate 5, "II. / O little Cloud . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: 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

27. The Book of Thel, Plate 6, "III. / Then Thel astonish'd . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: 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

28. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching printed in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2(b), "Preludium" (Bentley 2b)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in pale brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 3, "Chap: 1 . . . ." (Bentley 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 6, "In living creations appear'd . . . ." (Bentley 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 5 (Bentley 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 7, "As the stars are apart from the earth . . . ." (Bentley 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 9, "Chap: IV | 1 Ages on ages roll'd over him . . . ." (Bentley 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 8 (Bentley 9)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 10, "7. From the caverns of his jointed spine . . . ." (Bentley 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 13, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided . . . " (Bentley 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 12 (Bentley 22)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 20, "Of life forsaken mountains . . . ." (Bentley 23)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 25, "They lived a period of years . . . ." (Bentley 28)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. The Book of Thel, Plate 1, "Thel's Motto . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and green 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

42. The Book of Thel, Plate 7, "But he that loves the lowly . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: 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

43. The Book of Thel, Plate 8, "IV. / The eternal gates . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: 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

44. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 19, "To The Accuser . . . ." (Bentley 21)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 6, "Air"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 7, "Fire"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 8, "At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 14, "Does thy God O Priest take such vengeance as this?"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 17, "Death's Door"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 18, "I have said to the Worm . . . ."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 2, Frontispiece, "What is Man!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 20, "He meets his Saviour in the Grave . . . . "

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 3, "I found him beneath a Tree"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 4, "Water"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 5, "Earth"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 9, "Alas!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2, "Preludium to the Book of Urizen" (Bentley 2a)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 1, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 10, "My son! my Son!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 11, "I want! I want!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 12, "Help! Help!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 13, "Aged Ignorance"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 15, "Fear & hope are -- Vision"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. The Book of Thel

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Hand-colored relief etchings printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink
Dimensions:: Spine: 12in. (30.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Pl. 12: `Psyche Disobeys.'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2in. (31.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Pl. 19: `Aristophanes Clouds. Scene I'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2in. (31.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Pl. 13: `Psyche Repents.'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2in. (31.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Pl. 14: `Venus Counsels Cupid'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2in. (31.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Pl. 15: `The Conjugal Union of Cupid'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2in. (31.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Pl. 16: `Cupid & Psyche'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2in. (31.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Pl. 23: `Anacreon Ode LII'

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2in. (31.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Ioannes, Comes Nassouiæ

Creator:: Print made by Paulus Pontius, 1603–1658, Flemish
Date:: ca. 1635
Medium:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 3/8 inches (32.7 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. The West India Washer-Women

Creator:: Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 x 13 1/8 inches (50.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Sir Richard Steele's Cottage

Creator:: Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881, British
Date:: 1845
Medium:: Mezzotint and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 9 3/8 inches (18.4 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Spring

Creator:: Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881, British
Date:: 1829 to 1830
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 inches (29.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Stoke by Neyland, Suffolk

Creator:: Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881, British
Date:: 1829
Medium:: Mezzotint and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 16 1/8 inches (30.5 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury

Creator:: M. Gauci, 1810–1846
Date:: 1839
Medium:: Lithography on thick, smooth, cream wove paper, with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 14 3/16 inches (53 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Silver Vessel Found near the Temple of Jupiter at Rome

Creator:: Print made by Charles Cameron, 1742–1812, British
Date:: 1775
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 1/2 inches (18 × 24.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. R. P. Bonington

Creator:: J. P. Quilley, active 1828
Date:: 1831
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 7/16 × 17 inches (59.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Egham

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910, British
Date:: 1859
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Lulworth Cove, Dorset

Creator:: Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British
Date:: 1814
Medium:: Line engraving and etching, first published state on thick, smooth, beige wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 17 5/8 inches (34.3 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Margate

Creator:: Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 3/8 inches (30.2 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Margate

Creator:: Print made by William Bernard Cooke, 1778–1855, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 7/8 inches (22.2 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Ramsgate

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, British
Date:: 1814 to 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 3/4 inches (22.5 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Hythe, Kent

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; first published state india paper on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 7/8 inches (29.2 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Hythe, Kent

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 19 inches (32.4 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Boscastle, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British
Date:: 1814 to 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; steel engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/4 inches (31.1 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Coombe-Martin, Devonshire

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882, British
Date:: 1814 to 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 3/8 inches (30.2 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Portsmouth, Hampshire

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof touched on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches (29.8 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Boscastle, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British
Date:: 1814 to 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; steel engraving; engraver's proof touched on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Brighton

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1814 to 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; intermediate engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 19 5/8 inches (33.3 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Brighton

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; first published state india paper on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 1/4 inches (27.9 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Folkstone, Kent

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 1/4 inches (29.2 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Folkstone, Kent

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, British
Date:: 1814 to 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; late impression proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 18 3/4 inches (34.3 × 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Folkstone, Kent

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; first published state india paper on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 19 inches (32.1 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Folkstone, Kent

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, British
Date:: 1825
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 inches (23.8 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Mount Edgecomb, Devonshire

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British
Date:: 1814 to 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 inches (33.3 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 3/4 inches (27.9 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (21.9 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Dover from Shakespeare's Cliff

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (22.2 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Homeward Star

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3. The Bellman

4. The Homeward Star

5. The Lonely Tower

6. A Sleeping Leopard

7. Simon, Lord Lovat

8. The Book of Thel

9. The Book of Thel, Plate 4, "Why should the mistress . . . ."

10. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, London, 1826

11. Europe. A Prophecy, Frontispiece Proof Impression

12. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 22 (Bentley 24)

13. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 24 (Bentley 26)

14. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4, "Muster around the bleak desarts . . . ." (Bentley 4)

15. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 11, "Two nostrils bent down to the deep . . . ." (Bentley 13)

16. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 14 (Bentley 14)

17. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 17, "They call'd her Pity and fled . . . ." (Bentley 19)

18. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16 (Bentley 17)

19. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 15, "8. The globe of life blood trembled . . . ." (Bentley 18)

20. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 21 (Bentley 27)

21. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 18 (Bentley 21)

22. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 19, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity . . . ." (Bentley 20)

23. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23: "The Ox in the slaughter house moans . . . ." (Bentley 25)

24. The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

25. The Book of Thel, Plate 3, "Thel / I / The daughters of Mne Seraphim . . . ."

26. The Book of Thel, Plate 5, "II. / O little Cloud . . . ."

27. The Book of Thel, Plate 6, "III. / Then Thel astonish'd . . . ."

28. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

29. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2(b), "Preludium" (Bentley 2b)

30. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 3, "Chap: 1 . . . ." (Bentley 3)

31. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 6, "In living creations appear'd . . . ." (Bentley 5)

32. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 5 (Bentley 12)

33. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 7, "As the stars are apart from the earth . . . ." (Bentley 6)

34. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 9, "Chap: IV | 1 Ages on ages roll'd over him . . . ." (Bentley 10)

35. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 8 (Bentley 9)

36. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 10, "7. From the caverns of his jointed spine . . . ." (Bentley 11)

37. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 13, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided . . . " (Bentley 15)

38. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 12 (Bentley 22)

39. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 20, "Of life forsaken mountains . . . ." (Bentley 23)

40. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 25, "They lived a period of years . . . ." (Bentley 28)

41. The Book of Thel, Plate 1, "Thel's Motto . . . ."

42. The Book of Thel, Plate 7, "But he that loves the lowly . . . ."

43. The Book of Thel, Plate 8, "IV. / The eternal gates . . . ."

44. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 19, "To The Accuser . . . ." (Bentley 21)

45. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 6, "Air"

46. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 7, "Fire"

47. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 8, "At length for hatching ripe he breaks the shell"

48. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 14, "Does thy God O Priest take such vengeance as this?"

49. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 17, "Death's Door"

50. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 18, "I have said to the Worm . . . ."

51. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 2, Frontispiece, "What is Man!"

52. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 20, "He meets his Saviour in the Grave . . . . "

53. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 3, "I found him beneath a Tree"

54. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 4, "Water"

55. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 5, "Earth"

56. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 9, "Alas!"

57. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 2, "Preludium to the Book of Urizen" (Bentley 2a)

58. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 1, Title Page

59. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 10, "My son! my Son!"

60. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 11, "I want! I want!"

61. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 12, "Help! Help!"

62. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 13, "Aged Ignorance"

63. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 15, "Fear & hope are -- Vision"

64. The Book of Thel

65. Pl. 12: `Psyche Disobeys.'

66. Pl. 19: `Aristophanes Clouds. Scene I'

67. Pl. 13: `Psyche Repents.'

68. Pl. 14: `Venus Counsels Cupid'

69. Pl. 15: `The Conjugal Union of Cupid'

70. Pl. 16: `Cupid & Psyche'

71. Pl. 23: `Anacreon Ode LII'

72. Ioannes, Comes Nassouiæ

73. The West India Washer-Women