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William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 34 (page 73): 'Draw the dire steel? -- ah no!-- the dreadful blessing'

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 100

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Title Page; Plate 2

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Earth; Plate 5

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Air; Plate 6

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Fire; Plate 7

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

My Son! My Son!; Plate 10

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Alas!; Plate 9

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Death's Door; Plate 17

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 20, "The Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 34)

1789

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

1794

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 35 (page 75): 'The Sun beheld it -- No, the shocking Scene Drove back his chariot'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 36 (page 80): 'The thunder if in that the ALMIGHTY dwells'

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Fear & Hope Are -- Vision; Plate 15

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 34, "Introduction" (Bentley 30)

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 38, "Holy Thursday" (Bentley 33)

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 41, "A Poison Tree" (Bentley 49)

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 44, "A Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 51)

1794

William Blake, 1757–1827

Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 2, Title Page

1793

William Blake, 1757–1827

Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 4, "Visions | Enslav'd the Daughters . . . . "

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

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

1794

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 25, "And there was heard...."

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 28, "Jerusalem / Chap. 2...."

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 51

1804 to 1820

William Blake, 1757–1827

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 3, "Ode on the Spring."

between 1797 and 1798

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 99, "All Human Forms identified...."

1804 to 1820

William Blake, 1757–1827

Pl. 6: The Pit of Disease ['...Then two I mark'd that sat Propp'd 'gainst each other,' Hell; Canto xxix. line 71.]

1827

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 31 (page 65): [Night the Fourth] 'THE/ CHRISTIAN/ TRIUMPH'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 6 (page 10): 'Disease invades the chastest temperence'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 11 (page 17): 'NIGHT the SECOND/ ON/ TIME,/DEATH/ AND FRIENDSHIP'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 12 (page 19): 'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 21 (page 37): 'Love, and love only, is the loan for love'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 25 (page 46): 'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 27 (page 54): 'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 26 (page 49): 'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 29 (page 57): 'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 30 (page 63): 'This KING OF TERRORS is the PRINCE OF PEACE'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 38 (page 87): 'Is lost in love! thou great PHILANTHROPIST'

1797

William Blake, 1757–1827

Plate 40 (page 90): 'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul'

1797

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 10, "I Mans perceptions are not bounded . . . . " (Bentley b3)

ca. 1788

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 3, "I Man cannot naturally . . . ." (Bentley a4)

ca. 1788

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

America. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

America. A Prophecy, Plate 6, "Appear to the Americans...."

1793

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

1789

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

1794

William Blake A Descriptive Catalog of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London

Text by William Blake, 1757–1827

A Descriptive Catalog of Pictures, Poetical and Historical Inventions, Painted by William Blake in Water-Colours, Being the Ancient Method of Fresco Painting Restored, London

1809

William Blake, 1757–1827

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."

between 1797 and 1798

William Blake, 1757–1827

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 31, "A Long Story."

between 1797 and 1798

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 26, "Such Visions Have...."

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 27, "To the Jews...."

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 32, "Leaning against the pillars...."

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 35, "Then the Divine hand...."

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 6, "His Spectre driv'n...."

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 70, "And this the form of mighty Hand...."

1804 to 1820

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Jerusalem, Plate 84, "Highgates heights & Hampstead...."

1804 to 1820

William Blake, 1757–1827

pl. 1: The Circle of the Lustful [' ...and like a corpse fell to the ground' Hell; Canto v. line 137.]

1827

William Blake, 1757–1827

Pl. 3: Baffled Devils Fighting [' ... so turn'd/ His talons on his comrade.' Hell; Canto xxii. line 135]

1827

William Blake Pl. 7: The Circle of Traitors: Dante Striking Against Bocca degli Abati ['...'Wherefore dost bruise me?' weeping he/ exclaim'd.' Hell; Canto xxxii. line 79.]

William Blake, 1757–1827

Pl. 7: The Circle of Traitors: Dante Striking Against Bocca degli Abati ['...'Wherefore dost bruise me?' weeping he/ exclaim'd.' Hell; Canto xxxii. line 79.]

1827