Period: 18th century / Genre: literary theme / Subject Terms: cave

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

1779

Not on view

Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British

Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave

1792

Not on view

Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)

The Cave of Despair

1772

Not on view

William Blake, 1757–1827, British

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

between 1797 and 1798

William Blake, 1757–1827, British

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 39, "Ode to Adversity."

between 1797 and 1798

William Blake, 1757–1827, British

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 47, "The Progress of Poesy."

between 1797 and 1798

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British

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

1794

William Blake, 1757–1827, British

Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 10, "In happy copulation . . . . "

1793

William Blake, 1757–1827, British

Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 1, Frontispiece

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British

The First Book of Urizen, Plate 13, "Chap: IV | 1 Ages on Ages Roll'd over Him...." (Bentley 10)

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British

The First Book of Urizen, Plate 23 (Bentley 9)

1794

unknown artist

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)

ca. 1710

James Northcote, 1746–1831, British

Macbeth and the Witches

between 1777 and 1778