Genre: literary theme / Subject Terms: light / 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 Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1852
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 9 1/4 inches (32.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

3. Moeris and Galatea

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1880-1883
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 1/2in. (25.4 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

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 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 medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches (15.7 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 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 moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (27.4 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1880
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 12 7/8 inches (26.9 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Moeris and Galatea

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 13 13/16 inches (29.1 x 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Sleeping Shepherd

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1857
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 9/16 inches (30 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: plate etched in 1880; impression printed in 1920
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone (printed in brown ink by Sir Frank Short) on thin, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 10 1/2 inches (17.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: plate etched in 1880; impression printed in 1926
Medium:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone (printed under the supervision of Sir Frank Short, Martin Hardie and Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1926) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 11 9/16 inches (18.4 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Jerusalem, Plate 97, "Awake! Awake Jerusalem...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Medium:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Medium:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Jerusalem, Plate 53, "Jerusalem / Chap. 3"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Medium:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (34.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 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

16. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 24, "Of Life Forsaken Mountains...." (Bentley 23)

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: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. The Fatal Bellman

Creator:: Print made by George Richmond, 1809–1896, British
Date:: 1827
Medium:: Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 x 5 3/8 inches (17.3 x 13.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Grandpapa's Story or The Witches Frolick

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (A. Dick)
Date:: 1838
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 11/16 inches (23.5 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

20. Jonathan Wild Discovers Darrell in the Loft

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Date:: 1835
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 11/16 inches (24.2 x 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

21. Christ Descending into the Grave

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808, published 1813
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Hamlet

Creator:: Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790, British
Date:: 1809
Medium:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (31.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by James H. Baker, born 1829
Date:: between 1839 and 1849
Medium:: Stipple engraving, line engraving, and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches (28.2 x 21.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. The Captive

Creator:: Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 17 1/4 inches (34.8 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: The Seven Ages Man (Third Age)

Creator:: Robert Thew, 1758–1802, British
Date:: 1803
Medium:: Etching and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 26 3/4 inches (51.4 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. And Ah! Let Pity Turn Her Dewy Eyes...

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1801
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 9/16 inches (35.7 x 26.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Christ Descending into the Grave

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Death's Door

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Counsellor, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the Tomb

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Day of Judgment

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Death's Door

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (49.8 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Day of Judgment

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (50.2 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Christ Descending into the Grave

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (49.5 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Counsellor, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the Tomb

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 inches (34.9 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Homeward Star

2. The Vine

3. Moeris and Galatea

4. The Homeward Star

5. The Homeward Star

6. The Homeward Star

7. Opening the Fold

8. Moeris and Galatea

9. The Sleeping Shepherd

10. Opening the Fold

11. Opening the Fold

12. Jerusalem, Plate 97, "Awake! Awake Jerusalem...."

13. Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece

14. Jerusalem, Plate 53, "Jerusalem / Chap. 3"

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

16. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 24, "Of Life Forsaken Mountains...." (Bentley 23)

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

18. The Fatal Bellman

19. Grandpapa's Story or The Witches Frolick

20. Jonathan Wild Discovers Darrell in the Loft

21. Christ Descending into the Grave

22. Hamlet

23. Come Gentle Night: "Romeo and Juliet," Act III, Scene II

24. The Captive

25. As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: The Seven Ages Man (Third Age)

26. And Ah! Let Pity Turn Her Dewy Eyes...

27. Christ Descending into the Grave

28. Death's Door

29. The Counsellor, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the Tomb

30. The Day of Judgment

31. Death's Door

32. The Day of Judgment

33. Christ Descending into the Grave

34. The Counsellor, King, Warrior, Mother & Child, in the Tomb