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William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

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Also known as W. Blake · Blake · Uil'iam Bleik

Born: November 28, 1757
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, 1757
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Died: August 12, 1827
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, 1827
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Birthplace: London
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, Broadwick Street
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Place of death: London
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, Charing Cross
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Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
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Occupation: painter
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, poet
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, theologian
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Education: Royal Academy of Arts(since 1779)
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, Henry Pars Drawing School(since 1767)
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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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The Echoing Green(1789)
Infant Joy(1789)
The Chimney Sweeper(1789)
Nurse's Song
The Little Black Boy(1789)
A Cradle Song(1789)
The Human Abstract
Holy Thursday(1789)
Vala, or The Four Zoas(1795)
Tiriel(1789)
A Poison Tree(1794)
To Tirzah
The Little Boy Lost(1789)
Spring(1789)
The Little Boy Found(1789)
Night(1789)
There is No Natural Religion
Laughing Song(1789)
The Song of Los(1795)
The Little Girl Lost(1794)
The Little Girl Found(1794)
The Divine Image(1789)
The Book of Los(1795)
The Book of Ahania(1795)
On Another's Sorrow(1789)
Infant Sorrow
An Island in the Moon(1784)
All Religions are One
Ah! Sun-flower
A Little Girl Lost
The School Boy
Introduction
A Little Boy Lost
The Chimney Sweeper
Nurse's Song
Nurse's Song
Songs of Innocence and of Experience(1826)
William Bond(1801)
To Winter
To Winter
To Winter
The Book of Ahania
The Chimney Sweeper
For Children
Descriptive Catalogue(1809)
A Divine Image
Introduction(1794)
The Gates of Paradise(1793)
A Cradle Song
To the Muses(1783)
To Morning
To God
To F——
To F——
Long John Brown & Little Mary Bell
Riches
The poetical works of William Blake, lyrical and miscellaneous(1890)
The Letters of William Blake
Laocoon
The human Image
The Human Abstract
King Edward the Third
The Crystal Cabinet
The Chimney Sweeper
Day
Infant Sorrow
Infant Sorrow
My silks and fine array
If Men will act like a maid smiling over a Churn
Morning
Some people admire the work of a Fool
Another Epitaph
Poetical sketches by William Blake now first reprinted from the original edition of 1783(1868)
Since all the Riches of this World
Silent, Silent Night(1793)
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise(1820)
A Vision of the Last Judgment
Mad Song
A Dream
A Cradle Song(1794)
Songs of Experience(1794)
Job's Captivity(1825)
William Blake: The Complete Poems(1977)
William Blake: The Complete Poems(1977)
Large Book of Designs(1796)
Small Book of Designs(1796)
Songs of Innocence(1789)
Prologue to King John
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Výbor básní(1929)
The Everlasting Gospel

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The Circle of the Falsifiers; Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the stench(1827)
The Circle of the Thieves; Buoso Donati Attacked by the Serpent(1827)
The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca(1827)
The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate(1827)
George Cumberland's Card(1827)
George Cumberland's Card(1827)
The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the st(1827)
The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate(1827)
The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the st(1827)
The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate(1827)
The Circle of the Thieves; Buoso Donati Attacked by the Serpent(1827)
The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Tormenting Ciampolo(1827)
The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca(1827)
The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent(1827)
The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Mauling Each Other(1827)
The Circle of the Lustful: Paolo and Francesca(1827)
The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Mauling Each Other(1827)
The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Tormenting Ciampolo(1827)
The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent(1827)
The Circle of the Thieves; Buoso Donati Attacked by the Serpent(1827)
The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses because of the st(1827)
The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate(1827)
Second Title Page to an Illustrated Copy of Genesis(1826)
Count Ugolino and his Sons in Prison(1826)
Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils(1826)
The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve(1826)
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins(1825)
'The Sons and the Daughters were Eating and Drinking ...'(1825)
Wilson Lowry(1825)
Job and His Wife Restored to Prosperity(1825)
Job Accepting Charity(1825)
Job and His Daughters(1825)
The Vision of God(1825)
The Fall of Satan(1825)
Job's Sacrifice(1825)
The Creation(1825)
Behemoth and Leviathan(1825)
The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind(1825)
Job's Evil Dreams(1825)
The Wrath of Elihu(1825)
Job Rebuked by His Friends(1825)
The Vision of Eliphaz(1825)
Satan Smiting Job with Boils(1825)
The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind(1825)
The Wrath of Elihu(1825)
Job's Evil Dreams(1825)
The Wrath of Elihu(1825)
Job Rebuked by His Friends(1825)
Job's Evil Dreams(1825)
Job's Comforters(1825)
Job Rebuked by His Friends(1825)
Job Rebuked by His Friends(1825)
The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes(1825)
The Vision of Eliphaz(1825)
Job Rebuked by His Friends(1825)
Job's Despair(1825)
Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord(1825)
Job's Despair(1825)
Job's Comforters(1825)
Job's Comforters(1825)
Satan Smiting Job with Boils(1825)
Job's Comforters(1825)
Satan Smiting Job with Boils(1825)
Satan Smiting Job with Boils(1825)
Satan Smiting Job with Boils(1825)
The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes(1825)
Satan Smiting Job with Boils(1825)
Satan Smiting Job with Boils(1825)
Job's Sons and Daughters Overwhelmed by Satan(1825)
Job's Sons and Daughters Overwhelmed by Satan(1825)
Job's Sons and Daughters Overwhelmed by Satan(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
Job and His Family(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
Job and His Family(1825)
Job and His Family(1825)
Job and His Wife Restored to Prosperity(1825)
Job and His Family(1825)
Job and His Family(1825)
Job Accepting Charity(1825)
Job's Sacrifice(1825)
Job and His Daughters(1825)
The Vision of God(1825)
The Fall of Satan(1825)
The Creation(1825)
Behemoth and Leviathan(1825)
Job's Evil Dreams(1825)
The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind(1825)
The Wrath of Elihu(1825)
Job's Despair(1825)
Job Rebuked by His Friends(1825)
The Vision of Eliphaz(1825)
Job's Comforters(1825)
Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord(1825)
The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes(1825)
Satan Smiting Job with Boils(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
The Destruction of Job's Sons(1825)
Job and His Family(1825)
Title-Page of the Engraved Illustrations to the Book of Job(1825)
Job's Despair(1825)
Job's Comforters(1825)
The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes(1825)
Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord(1825)
The Destruction of Job's Sons(1825)
Satan Before the Throne of God(1825)
The Fall of Satan(1825)
Title-Page of the Engraved Illustrations to the Book of Job(1825)
The Vision of Christ(1825)
The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind(1825)
Job and His Daughters(1825)
Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity(1825)
Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity(1825)
Every Man Also Gave Him a Piece of Money(1825)
Every Man Also Gave Him a Piece of Money(1825)
Job and His Daughters(1825)
The Vision of Christ(1825)
The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind(1825)
The Vision of Christ(1825)
The Fall of Satan(1825)
The Fall of Satan(1825)
Job Rebuked by His Friends(1825)
The Fall of Satan(1825)
The Fall of Satan(1825)
The Fall of Satan(1825)
When the Morning Stars Sang Together(1825)
When the Morning Stars Sang Together(1825)
When the Morning Stars Sang Together(1825)
Job's Comforters(1825)
The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind(1825)
Job Rebuked by His Friends(1825)
The Lord Answering Job out of the Whirlwind(1825)
St Peter and St James with Dante and Beatrice(1824)
Dante running from the three beasts(1824)
Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell(1824)
The schismatics and sowers of discord- Mahomet(1824)
The Hiding of Moses(1824)
The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides(1824)
On Homer's Poetry (and) On Virgil(1822)
Job and his Family Restored to Prosperity(1821)
The Sea of Time and Space(1821)
The Pastorals of Virgil(1821)
The Pastorals of Virgil(1821)
Boy Returning Joyfully with Plough and Oxen(1821)
Return of the Shepherd(1821)
Thenot and Colinet Eat their Evening Meal(1821)
Colinet Mocked by Two Boys(1821)
Thenot and Colinet Lead their Flocks Together(1821)
Menalcas Watching Women Dance(1821)
'A rolling stone is ever bare of moss'(1821)
Colinet Resting by Night(1821)
Colinet's Journey(1821)
Shepherd Chases away Wolf(1821)
Blasted Tree and Flattened Crops(1821)
'Sabrina's silvery flood'(1821)
Thenot under Fruit Tree(1821)
Thenot Remonstrates with Colinet(1821)
Colinet Departs in Sorrow(1821)
Thenot Remonstrates with Colinet, Lightfoot in Background(1821)
Thenot and Colinet(1821)
Olney Bridge(1820)
Winter(1820)
Wood engravings for Thornton's 'Virgil'(1820)
'Nor Fox, nor Wolf, nor Rat among our Sheep'(1820)
The Blighted Corn(1820)
Christian reading in his Book(1820)
Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell(1820)
Evening(1820)
A Destroying Deity(1820)
The Simoniac Pope(1820)
Old Parr when Young(1820)
Mrs. Q.(1820)
The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlor(1820)
Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car(1820)
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise(1820)
Reverend Robert Hawker, D.D.(1820)
King Canute(1819)
The Ghost of a Flea(1819)
The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods(1815)
Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims(1815)
The Magic Banquet with the Lady Spell-Bound(1815)
The Chaining of Orc(1812)
An Allegory of the Spiritual Condition of Man(1811)
The Baptism of Christ(1810)
Melancholy(1810)
Mirth, from Milton's 'Allegro'(1810)
The Judgment of Paris(1810)
The Canterbury Pilgrims(1810)
The Canterbury Pilgrims(1810)
The Canterbury Pilgrims(1810)
Christ Blessing(1810)
The Bard, from Gray(1809)
William Blake's 1809 exhibition(1809)
Sketch of a Shipwreck(1809)
The Night of Peace(1809)
The Whore of Babylon(1809)
Satan calling up his legions(1809)
The Archangel Raphael with Adam and Eve (Illustration to Milton's "Paradise Lost")(1808)
The Creation of Eve(1808)
A Vision of the Last Judgment(1808)
The Canterbury Pilgrims(1808)
A Vision of the Last Judgment(1808)
Design for the dedication of Blair's 'The Grave'(1807)
The Rout of the Rebel Angels(1807)
The Vision of Queen Katharine(1807)
Jacques and the Wounded Stag(1806)
The Horse(1805)
When the Morning Stars Sang Together(1805)
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun(1805)
The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea(1805)
Unknown subject (Let Him look up into the Heaven and laugh in the bright air)(1805)
Unknown subject (Let Him look up into the Heaven and laugh in the bright air)(1805)
The number of the beast is 666(1805)
Christ in the Sepulchre, guarded by Angels(1805)
Jacob's Dream(1805)
The Angel rolling the Stone Away from the Sepulchre(1805)
Satan in his Original Glory(1805)
God Blessing the Seventh Day(1805)
The Horse(1805)
Fire(1805)
The Spiritual Form of Pitt guiding Behemoth(1805)
The Four and Twenty Elders Casting their Crowns before the Divine Throne(1805)
Jacob's Ladder(1805)
The Great Red Dragon paintings(1805)
A Sketch of the Monument in the Church of East Dereham, In Memory of William Cowper(1804)
A View of St. Edmund's Chapel, East Dereham, Containing the Grave of William Cowper(1804)
The Creation of Eve: 'And She shall be called Woman'(1804)
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife(1803)
Canto V, Verse 43(1803)
Canto III, Verse 201(1803)
Canto VI, Verse 294(1803)
Canto I, Verse 29(1803)
Canto II, Verse 471(1803)
Canto IV, Verse 328(1803)
Canto IV, Verse 294(1803)
Canto III, Verse 201(1803)
The Dance of Albion (Glad Day)(1803)
Joseph of Arimathea Among the Rocks of Albion(1803)
War (The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder)(1803)
William Cowper, Author of "The Task"(1802)
Mrs. Cowper, Mother of the Poet(1802)
William Cowper(1802)
Satan calling up his Legions (from John Milton's 'Paradise Lost')(1802)
Miniature of the Rev. John Johnson(1802)
A Woody Landscape(1801)
The Entrance Front of Hayley's House at Eartham(1801)
Comus, disguised as a Rustic, Addresses the Lady in the Wood(1801)
Sealing the Stone and Setting a Watch(1800)
Job and His Daughters(1800)
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1-4)(1800)
Landscape near Felpham(1800)
Rev. John Caspar Lavater (1787-1801)(1800)
The Circumcision(1800)
The Wise and Foolish Virgins(1800)
The Spiritual Form of Nelson guiding Leviathan(1800)
Death on a Pale Horse(1800)
Ezekiel's Wheels(1800)
Goliath cursing David(1800)
Head of Milton(1800)
Our Lady with the Infant Jesus riding on a Lamb(1800)
Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf(1799)
Christ Blessing the Little Children(1799)
The Body of Christ Borne to the Tomb(1799)
Faith, Hope, and Charity(1799)
The Last Supper(1799)
The Angel Appearing to Zacharias(1799)
Baptism of Christ(1799)
St. Matthew(1799)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 89, "The Triumphs of Owen."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 77, "The Descent of Odin."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 75, "The Fatal Sisters."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 81, "The Descent of Odin."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 79, "The Descent of Odin."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 7, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 69, "The Fatal Sisters."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 73, "The Fatal Sisters."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 71, "The Fatal Sisters."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 57, "The Bard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 53, "The Bard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 61, "The Bard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, "The Bard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 51, "The Progress of Poesy."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 47, "The Progress of Poesy."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 43, "The Progress of Poesy."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 5, "Ode on the Spring."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, "The Progress of Poesy."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 39, "Ode to Adversity."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 41, "The Progress of Poesy."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 31, "A Long Story."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 3, "Ode on the Spring."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 35, "Ode to Adversity."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 33, "A Long Story."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 27, "A Long Story."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 23, "A Long Story."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 25, "A Long Story."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 15, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 21, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 19, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.""(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 111, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 13, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 103, "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 11, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 101, "Ode for Music."(1797)
Plate 27 (page 54): 'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale'(1797)
Plate 25 (page 46): 'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain'(1797)
Plate 24 (page 43): 'NIGHT/ THE/ THIRD,/ NARCISSA'(1797)
Plate 23 (page 41): 'One radiant MARK; the Death bed of the Just'(1797)
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 73, Draw the Dire Steel? -- Ah No!--the dreadful blessing""(1797)
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, If Angels Tremble, 'Tis at Such a Sight""(1797)
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 99, "Ode for Music."(1797)
Plate 22 (page 40): ' Angels should paint it, angels ever there'(1797)
Plate 21 (page 37): 'Love, and love only, is the loan for love'(1797)
Plate 20 (page 35): 'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain'(1797)
Plate 19 (page 33): 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee'(1797)
Plate 18 (page 31): ''Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours'(1797)
Plate 17 (page 27): 'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep"(1797)
Plate 15 (page 25): 'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen'(1797)
Plate 12 (page 19): 'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead'(1797)
Plate 11 (page 17): 'NIGHT the SECOND/ ON/ TIME,/DEATH/ AND FRIENDSHIP'(1797)
Plate 8 (page 13): 'The present moment terminates our sight'(1797)
Plate 7 (page 12): 'Its favours here are trials, not rewards'(1797)
Plate 6 (page 10): 'Disease invades the chastest temperence'(1797)
Plate 4 (page 7): 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tounge'(1797)
Plate 3 (page 4): 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod'(1797)
Plate 2 (page 1): 'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe'(1797)
The Complaint and the Consolation; or Night Thoughts(1797)
The Complaint and the Consolation; or Night Thoughts (and title page)(1797)
The Soul Hovering Over the Body [from Marriage of Heaven and Hell," plate 14](1796)
Title page to Night VIII of Edward Young's 'Night Thoughts'(1796)
Tornado(1795)
Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection(1795)
The Night of Enitharmon's Joy(1795)
Elohim creating Adam(1795)
Nebuchadnezzar(1795)
Pity(1795)
Newton(1795)
Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 13 (Bentley 10)(1794)
Dream of Thiralatha [from "America," cancelled plate d](1794)
Joseph of Arimathea Preaching to the Britons(1794)
The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder (War)(1794)
Joseph of Arimathea preaching to the Inhabitants of Britain(1794)
The Fly(1794)
The Ancient of Days(1794)
Songs of Innocence and of Experience(1794)
Frontispiece to America: A Prophecy(1793)
'Non Angli sed Angeli'(1793)
The Execution of Breaking on the Rack(1793)
March thro' a swamp or Marsh in Terra-firma(1793)
A Surinam Planter in his Morning Dress(1793)
Family of Negro Slaves from Loango(1793)
Group of Negros, as imported to be sold for Slaves(1793)
The Mecoo & Kisbee Kishee Monkeys(1793)
Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave(1793)
The Sculls of Lieut Leppar, & Six of his Men(1793)
A private Marine of Col. Fourgeoud's Corps(1793)
A Coromantyn Free Negro, or Ranger, armed(1793)
Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for"A Prophecy"(1793)
Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for"A Prophecy"(1793)
Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for"A Prophecy"(1793)
Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for"A Prophecy"(1793)
Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for"A Prophecy"(1793)
Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for"A Prophecy"(1793)
Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for"A Prophecy"(1793)
Fragment of cancelled plate for "A Prophecy" [recto](1793)
For Children(1793)
Europe Supported by Africa and America(1792)
A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows(1792)
Fertilization of Egypt(1791)
Fertilization of Egypt(1791)
The Dance of Albion(1790)
The Good and Evil Angels(1790)
'Indeed We Are Very Happy! –'(1790)
The Nativity(1790)
Bathsheba at the Bath(1790)
Abraham and Isaac(1790)
Eve Tempted by the Serpent(1790)
Illustration to Thomas Gray's 'A Long Story'(1790)
Illustration to Thomas Gray's 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College'(1790)
Illustration to Edward Young's 'Night Thoughts': Night IV, Page 8(1790)
Beggar's Opera, Act III(1788)
John Caspar Lavater(1787)
Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies dancing(1785)
The Discomfited Duellists(1784)
May-Day in London(1784)
May-Day in London(1784)
The Witch of Endor raising the Spirit of Samuel(1783)
Orlando in a Fury Tearing up Trees(1783)
The Morning Amusements of her Royal Highness(1782)
The Death of Earl Goodwin(1780)
"Age teaching Youth"(1780)
Pestilence(1780)
Joseph of Arimathea among The Rocks of Albion(1773)
Shipwreck at the Cape of Good Hope(1750)
Christ Giving Sight to Bartimaeus(1500)
Virgin and Child
Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims
The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve
The Virgin and Child
Moses placed in the Ark of Bulrushes
‘Europe’: Fragment of Pages 3 and 4
The Judgement of Solomon
The Christ Child asleep on a cross
The Creation of Eve
Epitome of James Hervey's 'Meditations among the Tombs'
Joseph of Arimathea preaching to the Inhabitants of Britain
Ruth the Dutiful Daughter-in-law
Zoas
William Blake's illustrations of On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
William Blake's illustrations of Paradise Lost
All Religions are One
Utha
Notebook of William Blake
Urthona
Tharmas
Visionary Heads
William Blake's mythology
Urizen

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Given name: William
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Commons Creator page: William Blake
Lifestyle: vegetarianism
mysticism
Influenced by: Mary Wollstonecraft
Dante Alighieri
Emmanuel Swedenborg
Ben Jonson
Jakob Böhme
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1.Stated in The Paintings of William Blake
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John Milton
William Pars
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James Barry
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Giulio Romano
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1.Stated in The Paintings and Drawings of William Blake
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Henry Fuseli
Movement: Romanticism
fairy painting
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1.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/fairy-paintingRetrieved 2018-11-27
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Member of: The New Church
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Student of: Henry Pars(since 1767)
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James Basire(1772–1778)
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George Michael Moser(since 1779)
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James Barry(since 1782)
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Residence: Green Street(1782–1784)
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Broadwick Street(1757–1782) house number: 28
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Broadwick Street(1784–1785) house number: 27
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Poland Street(1785–1791) house number: 28
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Hercules Buildings(since 1791) house number: 13
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Felpham(1800–1803)
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South Molton Street(1803–1820) house number: 17
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Fountain Court(since 1820) house number: 3
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Battersea(1782–1782)
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Broadwick Street(1803–1803)
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Place of burial: Bunhill Fields commons category: William Blake's grave
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Date of baptism: December 11, 1757 location: St James’s Church, Piccadilly
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Mother: Catherine Hermitage
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Father: James Blake
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Family name: Blake
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Significant event: trial(January 11, 1804) charge: treason · location: Chichester Guildhall
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1.Stated in The Paintings of William Blake
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Archives at: British Library
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Albert Sloman Library
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1.“Bean Memorial Collection”library.essex.ac.uk/c.php?g=664204&p=4698553#s-lg-box-wrapper-17338518
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E.J. Pratt Library described at url: discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca
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1.discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/william-blake-collection
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Sibling: Robert Blake
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James Blake
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1.Stated in William Blake: The Complete Poems
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John Blake
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1.Stated in William Blake: The Complete Poems
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Jimmy Solís Delgado
Catherine Elizabeth Blake
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1.Stated in William Blake: The Complete Poems
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Work location: London
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Felpham
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Ethnic group: English people
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1.Stated in National Gallery of Art - Collection
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Sponsor: Thomas Butts
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Richard Edwards
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Joseph Thomas
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John Linnell(since 1818)
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Joseph Johnson
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John Flaxman Jr.(since 1783)
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3.Stated in The Paintings of William Blake
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George Cumberland
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John Hawkins
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2.Stated in The Letters of William Blake
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William Hayley(since 1799)
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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2024-07-04
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Student: Thomas Trotter
Has works in the collection: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Art Institute of Chicago
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Auckland Art Gallery
J. Paul Getty Museum
Tate
National Gallery of Victoria
National Gallery of Art
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National Gallery of Canada
The Frick Collection
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1.collections.frick.org/people/280/william-blake/objects
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum
Pollok House
British Museum
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
Fitzwilliam Museum
National Gallery
Brooklyn Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Fogg Museum
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Petworth House
Manchester Art Gallery
Whitworth Art Gallery
Harvard Art Museums
Yale Center for British Art
The Higgins Bedford
Carnegie Museum of Art
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina
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1.bellasartes.gob.ar/
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Ackland Art Museum
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1.ackland.emuseum.com/people/1456/william-blake/objectsRetrieved 2022-01-13
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Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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1.“Poetry and prose of William Blake”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/87600-onbekend-poetry-and-prose-of-william-blakeRetrieved 2021-09-07
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Harry Ransom Center
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1.norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00185Retrieved 2021-09-07
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Cleveland Museum of Art
University of Arizona Museum of Art
Rhode Island School of Design Museum
Picker Art Gallery
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Print Collection location: New York Public Library Main Branch
Library of Congress
British Library
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
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1.Stated in Collectie online Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam“Nègre suspendu vivant, par les côtes”n2t.net/ark:/33862/collect/641175Retrieved 2025-02-12
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Huis van het boek
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1.Stated in online catalogue of Huis van het boekmmm-web.adlibhosting.com/AIS6/Details/collect/7513272Retrieved 2024-12-12
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Writing language: English
Name in native language: William Blake
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Genre: history painting
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religious painting
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allegory
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religious art
mythological painting
allegory
Depicted by: William Blake
Artist files at: Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives
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1.pacscl.exlibrisgroup.com:48994/F/?func=find-b&request=000133209&find_code=SYS
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Frick Art Research Library
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
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1.library.si.edu/art-and-artist-files
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National Gallery of Art Library
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Field of work: poetry

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