William Blake

William Blake

1757 — 1827

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by the 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "human existence itself".

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Bathsheba at the Bath

Bathsheba at the Bath

Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car

Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car

William Blake Tate Britain

Christ Giving Sight to Bartimaeus

Christ Giving Sight to Bartimaeus

Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils

Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils

William Blake Tate Britain

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias

William Blake Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Christ Child asleep on a cross

The Christ Child asleep on a cross

William Blake Fitzwilliam Museum

The Judgement of Solomon

The Judgement of Solomon

William Blake Fitzwilliam Museum

The Spiritual Form of Nelson guiding Leviathan

The Spiritual Form of Nelson guiding Leviathan

Winter

Agony in the Garden

Agony in the Garden

Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf

Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf

The Body of Christ Borne to the Tomb

The Body of Christ Borne to the Tomb

"Age teaching Youth"

"Age teaching Youth"

Abraham and Isaac

Abraham and Isaac

Eve tempted by the Serpent

Eve tempted by the Serpent

William Blake Victoria and Albert Museum

The Good and Evil Angels

The Good and Evil Angels

The Nativity

The Witch of Endor raising the Spirit of Samuel

The Witch of Endor raising the Spirit of Samuel

Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies dancing

Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies dancing

Ezekiel's Wheels

Ezekiel's Wheels

William Blake Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Head of Milton

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Sealing the Stone and Setting a Watch

Sealing the Stone and Setting a Watch

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1-4)

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1-4)

William Blake Brooklyn Museum

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 101, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 101, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 103, "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 103, "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 11, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 11, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 111, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 111, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 13, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 13, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 15, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 15, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

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

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

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 19, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.""

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 19, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.""

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 21, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 21, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 23, "A Long Story."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 23, "A Long Story."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 25, "A Long Story."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 25, "A Long Story."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 27, "A Long Story."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 27, "A Long Story."

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 33, "A Long Story."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 33, "A Long Story."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 35, "Ode to Adversity."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 35, "Ode to Adversity."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."

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

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

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 41, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 41, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 43, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 43, "The Progress of Poesy."

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

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

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 5, "Ode on the Spring."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 5, "Ode on the Spring."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 51, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 51, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 53, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 53, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 57, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 57, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 61, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 61, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 69, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 69, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 7, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 7, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 71, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 71, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 73, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 73, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 75, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 75, "The Fatal Sisters."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 77, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 77, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 79, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 79, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 81, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 81, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 85, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 85, "The Descent of Odin."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 89, "The Triumphs of Owen."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 89, "The Triumphs of Owen."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 9, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 9, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 91, "The Triumphs of Owen."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 91, "The Triumphs of Owen."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 93, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 93, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 97, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 97, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 99, "Ode for Music."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 99, "Ode for Music."

'Non Angli sed Angeli'

'Non Angli sed Angeli'

The Penance of Jane Shore

The Penance of Jane Shore

Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 13 (Bentley 10)

Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 13 (Bentley 10)

The Ancient of Days

The Ancient of Days

Elohim creating Adam

Elohim creating Adam

William Blake Tate Britain

Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab

Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab

Newton

Pity

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 55, Ungrateful, Shall We Grieve Their Hovering Shades""

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 55, Ungrateful, Shall We Grieve Their Hovering Shades""

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 73, Draw the Dire Steel? -- Ah No!--the dreadful blessing""

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 73, Draw the Dire Steel? -- Ah No!--the dreadful blessing""

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, If Angels Tremble, 'Tis at Such a Sight""

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, If Angels Tremble, 'Tis at Such a Sight""

Baptism of Christ

Baptism of Christ

William Blake Rhode Island School of Design Museum

Christ Blessing the Little Children

Christ Blessing the Little Children

Death on a Pale Horse

Death on a Pale Horse

Job and His Daughters

Job and His Daughters

William Blake National Gallery of Art

Landscape near Felpham

Landscape near Felpham

Our Lady with the Infant Jesus riding on a Lamb

Our Lady with the Infant Jesus riding on a Lamb

William Blake Victoria and Albert Museum

St. Matthew

William Blake Cleveland Museum of Art

The Adoration of the Kings

The Adoration of the Kings

William Blake Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

The Last Supper

The Last Supper

William Blake National Gallery of Art

The Wise and Foolish Virgins

The Wise and Foolish Virgins

William Blake Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Woody Landscape

A Woody Landscape

Soldiers Casting Lots for Christ's Garments

Soldiers Casting Lots for Christ's Garments

William Blake Fitzwilliam Museum

Jerusalem, Plate 51

Jerusalem, Plate 51

Jerusalem, Plate 79, "My tents are fall'n...."

Jerusalem, Plate 79, "My tents are fall'n...."

The Circumcision

The Circumcision

William Blake Fitzwilliam Museum

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Satan calling up his Legions (from John Milton's 'Paradise Lost')

Satan calling up his Legions (from John Milton's 'Paradise Lost')

William Blake Petworth House

The Entrance Front of Hayley's House at Eartham

The Entrance Front of Hayley's House at Eartham

The Creation of Eve: 'And She shall be called Woman'

The Creation of Eve: 'And She shall be called Woman'

Jacob's Ladder

William Blake British Museum

The Four and Twenty Elders Casting their Crowns before the Divine Throne

The Four and Twenty Elders Casting their Crowns before the Divine Throne

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun

William Blake National Gallery of Art

The Horse

Despair of Job

Sacrifice of Job

Sacrifice of Job

The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea

The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea

William Blake National Gallery of Art

The Great Red Dragon paintings

The Great Red Dragon paintings

William Blake Brooklyn Museum

The number of the beast is 666

The number of the beast is 666

William Blake Brooklyn Museum

The Spiritual Form of Pitt guiding Behemoth

The Spiritual Form of Pitt guiding Behemoth

A Vision of the Last Judgment

A Vision of the Last Judgment

The Archangel Raphael with Adam and Eve (Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost")

The Archangel Raphael with Adam and Eve (Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost")

William Blake Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Temptation and Fall of Eve (Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost")

The Temptation and Fall of Eve (Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost")

William Blake Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Satan calling up his legions

Satan calling up his legions

William Blake Victoria and Albert Museum

The Canterbury Pilgrims

The Canterbury Pilgrims

William Blake Pollok House

The Whore of Babylon

The Whore of Babylon

William Blake British Museum

Christ Blessing

Christ Blessing

William Blake Fogg Museum

The Bard, from Gray

The Bard, from Gray

Evening

William Blake National Gallery of Art

The Ghost of a Flea

The Ghost of a Flea

William Blake Tate Britain

An Allegory of the Spiritual Condition of Man

An Allegory of the Spiritual Condition of Man

William Blake Fitzwilliam Museum

A Destroying Deity

A Destroying Deity

Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell

Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell

William Blake National Gallery of Victoria

Dante illustration, Inferno Canto II 139-141: Dante and Virgil Penetrating the Forest

Dante illustration, Inferno Canto II 139-141: Dante and Virgil Penetrating the Forest

William Blake Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Dante running from the three beasts

Dante running from the three beasts

William Blake National Gallery of Victoria

St Peter and St James with Dante and Beatrice

St Peter and St James with Dante and Beatrice

William Blake National Gallery of Victoria

The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta

The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta

William Blake Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

The schismatics and sowers of discord- Mahomet

The schismatics and sowers of discord- Mahomet

William Blake National Gallery of Victoria

The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides

The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Count Ugolino and his Sons in Prison

Count Ugolino and his Sons in Prison

William Blake Fitzwilliam Museum

Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

Dante_Purgatory_I__Dante-Virgil-Cato

Dante_Purgatory_I__Dante-Virgil-Cato

The Ancient of Days

The Ancient of Days

William Blake Whitworth Art Gallery

The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve

The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve

William Blake Tate Britain

Christ in the House of Mary and Martha

Christ in the House of Mary and Martha

An Allegory of Peace

William Blake musée royal de Cornouailles

Demosthenes (384–322 BC)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Epitome of James Hervey's 'Meditations among the Tombs'

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC–43 BC)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Moses placed in the Ark of Bulrushes

The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve

The Creation of Eve

The Virgin and Child

Thomas Alphonso Hayley (1780–1800)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Torquato Tasso (1544–1595)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

William Cowper (1731–1800)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

‘Europe’: Fragment of Pages 3 and 4

Pestilence

The Death of Earl Goodwin

Illustration to Edward Young's 'Night Thoughts': Night IV, Page 8

Illustration to Thomas Gray's 'A Long Story'

Illustration to Thomas Gray's 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College'

'Indeed We Are Very Happy! –'

Goliath cursing David

William Blake Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Title page to Night VIII of Edward Young's 'Night Thoughts'

William Blake British Museum

Faith, Hope, and Charity

William Blake Carnegie Museum of Art

Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga (1533–1594)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

William Blake Pollok House

Comus, disguised as a Rustic, Addresses the Lady in the Wood

Dante Alighieri (c.1265–1321)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire (1694–1778)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Homer

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

John Dryden (1631–1700)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Louis vaz de Camoens (c.1524–1580)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Thomas Otway (1652–1685)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Eve Tempted by the Serpent

William Blake Victoria and Albert Museum

The Christ Child Asleep on the Cross (Our Lady Adoring the Infant Jesus Asleep on the Cross)

William Blake Victoria and Albert Museum

The Entombment

William Blake Pollok House

Edmund Spenser (c.1552–1599)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Melancholy

Mirth, from Milton's 'Allegro'

The Baptism of Christ

The Judgment of Paris

William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)

William Blake Manchester Art Gallery

Miniature of the Rev. John Johnson

Christ in the Sepulchre, guarded by Angels

Fire

God Blessing the Seventh Day

Jacob's Dream

Satan in his Original Glory

The Angel rolling the Stone Away from the Sepulchre

The Horse

When the Morning Stars Sang Together

Jacques and the Wounded Stag

Design for the dedication of Blair's 'The Grave'

The Rout of the Rebel Angels

The Vision of Queen Katharine

A Vision of the Last Judgment

William Blake Petworth House

The Creation of Eve

William Blake Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Canterbury Pilgrims

William Blake Pollok House

The Night of Peace

Satan Calling Up His Legions

William Blake Victoria and Albert Museum

Adam Naming the Beasts

William Blake Pollok House

Eve Naming the Birds

William Blake Pollok House

The Virgin and Child in Egypt

William Blake Victoria and Albert Museum

Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell

Christian reading in his Book

Olney Bridge

The Simoniac Pope

The Magic Banquet with the Lady Spell-Bound

William Blake Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods

William Blake The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Job and his Family Restored to Prosperity

The Sea of Time and Space

Second Title Page to an Illustrated Copy of Genesis