Detail View: Rylands Collection: Night the First, on Life, Death and Immortality

Image Number: 
JRL1215511
Reference Number: 
16123
Link to Catalogue: 
Image Title: 
Night the First, on Life, Death and Immortality
Parent Work Title: 
The complaint, and the consolation;: or, Night thoughts
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Night thoughts
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
The complaint or night-thoughts
Creator: 
Young, Edward, 1683-1765
Creator Role: 
Author
Creator: 
Edwards, Richard, active 1792-1801
Creator Role: 
Editor
Creator: 
Blake, William, 1757-1827
Creator Role: 
Illustrator
Date Created: 
1797
Publication Details: 
London: printed by R. Noble, for R. Edwards
Page/Sheet: 
xi
Image Sequence Number: 
000q
Description: 
Frontispiece to Night the First: Death in the character of an old man, having swept away with one hand part of the family seen in this print, is presenting with the other their spirits to immortality.
Language Code: 
eng-GB
Subject: 
English literature
Subject: 
Poetry
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Illustrated works
Technique Used: 
Engraving (printing process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
Opening: 423 mm
Item Width: 
Opening: 640 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Bibliographic Citation: 
Young, Edward, 'The complaint, and the consolation; or, Night thoughts' (London: printed by R. Noble, for R. Edwards, 1797)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2012-03-19
Multi Page Number: 
85
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2012-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands