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Bearded man holding a red-lettered scroll while a winged angel stands behind him against a dark background.

St. Matthew

1799

Watercolor of a winged angel pointing upward beside a bearded priest at an altar with smoke and a glowing candelabrum.

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias

1799-1800

Bearded figure crouching in a golden sun, reaching down with a compass over dark clouds and rays of light.

The Ancient of Days

1794

Watercolor of three nude women beside a pool in a garden framed by Gothic arches, by William Blake.

Bathsheba at the Bath

1799

Painting of a bearded elderly man with outstretched arms seated with three young women before golden relief roundels.

Job and His Daughters

1799/1800

Painting of the Last Supper with a haloed central figure, gold light rays, and disciples gathered around a long table.

The Last Supper

1799

Watercolour of a winged bearded figure reaching down to a reclining man emerging from dark waters, with a serpent at left.

Elohim creating Adam

1795

Winged nude figure with shield and spear soars over a reclining woman entwined by a serpent, in ochre and green washes.

Satan Exulting over Eve

1795

Engraved street scene of a crowded London May Day celebration with a decorated maypole, dancers, dogs, and onlookers at windo

May-Day in London

1784

Ink and grey wash drawing of a robed bearded figure with arms raised, surrounded by reclining nude figures reaching upward.

Moses Staying the Plague (?) [recto]

c. 1780/1785

Pen and ink drawing of three standing male figures, one bearded and robed, one with a raised arm, and one nude youth at right

"And Saul Said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with Thee" [recto]

c. 1780/1785

Pen and grey wash drawing of several men seated in a circle around a central standing figure holding a cane.

Group of Men Seated in a Circle [recto]

c. 1780/1785

John Caspar Lavater

1787/1801

Pencil sketch of a crouching nude man beside a shaggy animal, with a looming figure at upper right.

Sketch for "The Thought of Death alone, the Fear Destroys"

c. 1795

Christ standing with outstretched arms before kneeling apostles, rendered in brown and gold wash.

Christ Appearing to the Apostles after the Resurrection

1795

Hand-colored title page reading AMERICA PROPHECY with clouds, robed figures, and a fallen figure above dark waves.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 2, Title Page

1793

Winged figure crouches head-bowed on a ledge beside a nude woman holding a child under a dark, fiery sky.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

1793

Hand-colored Blake plate: a nude man crouches amid dark flames beneath blue handwritten verse on a cream page.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 12,

1793

Bearded figure in white robe with open arms before three kneeling men under a golden glow, in a watercolor print.

Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection

c. 1795

Pencil sketch of a nude winged warrior angel holding a sword, arm outstretched, by William Blake.

A Warring Angel [recto]

c. 1780

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man with a staff gesturing to a robed figure, with studies of heads and standing attendants

Saint Augustine Converting King Ethelbert of Kent

probably c. 1793

Pencil sketch of a man seen from behind, arms outstretched, rising above cloud-like forms on pale paper.

A Man Seen from Behind, Rising on Clouds

probably c. 1794

Pencil sketch of a seated man, an infant in a basket, and two standing figures in a classical interior.

The Infant Hercules Throttling the Serpents

1790-1793

Pencil sketch of a decorative border with scrolling ornament and small figures, inscribed as a first sketch by William Blake.

An Armed Man Spurning a Woman [recto]

c. 1790/1795

Pencil sketch of a horned nude figure with arms raised, holding up a large curved disc surrounded by zigzag lines.

Los Supporting the Sun [recto]

probably c. 1793

Etched fragment with cursive verse, a reclining figure, a winged form and scrollwork border, after William Blake's 1793 print

Restrike from fragment of cancelled plate for "A Prophecy"

1793

Engraved interior scene of a stone prison hall with kneeling woman, standing men in period dress, and seated spectators at ta

Beggars Opera, act III : "when my hero in court appears &c

1790

Engraving of a nude kneeling man gazing up at a bearded face in clouds, with a block of printed verse beside him.

Man aangesproken door een man vanuit de hemel

1796

Engraving of a winged figure seated on clouds touching a hatched globe, with a page of printed poetry beside it.

Man raakt vanaf een wolk een bol aan

1796

Engraved page by William Blake showing a haloed figure with children and robed adults beside a block of printed poetry.

Christus met mannen, vrouwen en kinderen

1796

Engraving of a reclining nude man and a bearded figure above him, beside a printed poem on a book page.

Twee mannen

1796

Engraved book plate of two nude men wrestling in a dark landscape, with a printed poem text block beside them.

Twee worstelende mannen

1796

Engraved page by William Blake showing an allegorical woman with scales and sword above a reclining figure and printed verse.

Vrouw kijkt naar de personificatie van Gerechtigheid

1796

Engraving of a reclining man and a tall draped figure beside a block of printed verse, numbered 93.

Liggende man en treurend stel

1796

Engraving of a nude figure with flaming hair and raised arms beside a page of printed verse, numbered 95.

Man omringd door bliksemschichten

1796

Ink and wash drawing of veiled women with lamps, kneeling figures, and a trumpeting angel in a night sky.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

ca. 1799-1800

Engraved print of a sleeping man beside a book, with winged figures, a tree and a block of printed poetry above.

Man al schrijvende in slaap gevallen

1796

Engraving of a startled sleeper beside a bearded old man holding a bell, with a poem printed in the upper left.

Man schrikt op door een bebaarde man met bel

1796

Engraving of a robed bearded figure raising an arrow toward a sunburst, with a poem printed beside it.

Bebaarde man met pijl staat op een gekroonde man

1796

Engraving of a reclining couple with a serpent and child reaching for a bird, beside a page of printed verse.

Slang om het torso van man en een vrouw met kind dat een vogel najaagt

1796

Engraving by William Blake: bearded winged figure with arrow above a woman cradling a child, with poem text at left.

Man met baard en pijl zwevend boven een vrouw met kind

1796

Engraving of a sleeping shepherd beside a sheep, with a hovering winged woman above and a poem printed in the upper right.

Slapende herder en vliegend figuur

1796

Engraving of a reclining man reading, bound by thorny branches and chains, with a small woman and a printed poem above.

Lezende man geketend met een doorntakken en een kleine vrouw op zijn been

1796

Watercolor of a bearded God in flames pointing toward a nude Adam beside a fiery horse, c. 1795.

God Judging Adam

ca. 1795

Watercolor of a winged woman on a flying white horse lifting a baby from a sleeping figure on a green hillside at night.

Pity

ca. 1795

Title page of Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience with gold lettering, colored washes, and two entwined nude figures

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: Combined Title-page

[1789-94] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor of a shepherd boy with a pipe looking up at a winged child in pink clouds, with trees and sheep around him.

Songs of Innocence: Frontispiece

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored title page for Songs of Innocence showing a woman reading to two children beneath a tree, with ornate lettering.

Songs of Innocence: Title Page

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem Introduction in red text, framed by twisting vines and small figures in roundels.

Songs of Innocence: Introduction

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page showing a shepherd with a staff beside a tree, sheep grazing below, and the poem The Shepherd above.

Songs of Innocence: The Shepherd

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page showing children playing on a green under a large tree, with a poem printed below in orange text.

Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-coloured illuminated plate of children and adults on a green beneath vines, with a poem above.

Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green (second plate)

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page from Blake's Songs of Innocence showing a child with sheep beside a cottage, poem text above, vine border.

Songs of Innocence: The Lamb

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page: a mother and child under a tree at sunrise, above the hand-lettered poem The Little Black Boy with decorati

Songs of Innocence: The Little Black Boy

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored Blake plate showing a seated elder under a willow with two children and sheep, with verse text above.

Songs of Innocence: The Little Black Boy (second plate)

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a swirling tree, winged figures, and two verses about a sparrow and robin, titled The Blossom.

Songs of Innocence: The Blossom

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page of Blake's poem The Chimney Sweeper with colored border and figures dancing in a green landscape below.

Songs of Innocence: The Chimney Sweeper

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a child pointing into a dark night landscape, above the poem The Little Boy Lost in orange lettering.

Songs of Innocence: Little Boy Lost

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored illustration of a haloed robed figure leading a small child through dark trees, with verse text below.

Songs of Innocence: The Little Boy Found

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor illuminated page of Blake's Laughing Song showing figures feasting under trees above poem text with bird border.

Songs of Innocence: Laughing Song

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page of William Blake's poem A Cradle Song with flowing gold vines and blue and pink washes.

Songs of Innocence: A Cradle Song

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-coloured illustration of a woman in a red robe bending over a sleeping infant in a cradle, with an inscribed verse above

Songs of Innocence: A Cradle Song (second plate)

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem The Divine Image, framed by colorful scrollwork and small figures with vines.

Songs of Innocence: The Divine Image

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem Holy Thursday, showing rows of children in procession above and figures below.

Songs of Innocence: Holy Thursday

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page of Blake's Night showing poem text, a slender tree, a crescent moon and small angel figures in blue and gre

Songs of Innocence: Night

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Blake illuminated plate: orange text verses above a night landscape with a tree and haloed angel figures in watercolor.

Songs of Innocence: Night (second plate)

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a woman holding an infant under a tree beside sheep, and the verse 'Spring' below in orange text.

Songs of Innocence: Spring

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a child embracing a lamb beside sheep, with two verses of text and a swirling sun above.

Songs of Innocence: Spring (second plate)

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem Nurse's Song above a scene of children playing in a green landscape while a seated nurse watc

Songs of Innocence: Nurse's Song

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a seated mother and infant under flame-like red forms, poem text and vine borders below.

Songs of Innocence: Infant Joy

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page titled A Dream with colored verse, foliage border, and a small figure beside a glow-worm and beetle.

Songs of Innocence: A Dream

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page from Blake's Songs of Innocence with poem On Anothers Sorrow, framed by a tree and decorative border.

Songs of Innocence: On Anothers Sorrow

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored print of a pink-clad figure holding a winged child aloft, with a tree, sheep, and yellow sunset landscape.

Songs of Experience: Frontispiece

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored title page with gilt lettering, winged figures, and a woman in pink mourning over a reclining body on a tomb.

Songs of Experience: Title-page

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with poem Introduction, showing a reclining nude figure on a cloud beneath a sun, against a starry night sk

Songs of Experience: Introduction

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem Earth's Answer in orange script, framed by blue and green watercolor, twisting roots and vine

Songs of Experience: Earth's Answer

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with watercolor cattle and sheep above a poem, The Clod & the Pebble, and small ducks and frogs below.

Songs of Experience: The Clod & the Pebble

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Page from Blake's Songs of Experience with the poem Holy Thursday, watercolor scenes of a standing woman, mountains and child

Songs of Experience: Holy Thursday

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page with the poem The Little Girl Lost, two embracing figures, a lion, and a vine border in watercolor.

Songs of Experience: The Little Girl Lost

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Blake illuminated page: a reclining woman in pink beside tents, and a lioness below beneath a branch, with poem text.

Songs of Experience: The Little Girl Lost (second plate); The Little Girl Found

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a poem in red text, showing a reclining nude, two children, lions, and a twisted tree.

Songs of Experience: The Little Girl Found (second plate)

[1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored print of a small figure in snow beside a cottage, with a poem titled The Chimney Sweeper above.

Songs of Experience: The Chimney Sweeper

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored Blake page with a verse above a woman in pink combing a child's hair beside vines and a seated figure.

Songs of Experience: Nurses Song

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a thorny rose plant, a worm in the foreground, and the printed poem The Sick Rose by William Blake.

Songs of Experience: The Sick Rose

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor illustration of a woman and child beneath a tree, with a winged figure and a poem about a fly above.

Songs of Experience: The Fly

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page by William Blake showing a reclining woman and a winged angel beneath a tree, with the poem The Angel below

Songs of Experience: The Angel

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page of Blake's poems My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sun-Flower and The Lilly, with a watercolor vignette of two figur

Songs of Experience: My Pretty Rose Tree, Ah! Sun-Flower, The Lilly

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with William Blake's poem The Tyger, showing a striped tiger beside a tree under a watercolor sky.

Songs of Experience: The Tyger

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with three robed figures by a barred gate in a garden, above the handwritten poem The Garden of Love.

Songs of Experience: The Garden of Love

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a embracing seated couple under radiant light, verse titled The Little Vagabond, and figures by a fire

Songs of Experience: The Little Vagabond

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with an old man in blue bending toward a child beside a brick wall, above the poem "London".

Songs of Experience: London

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page with hand-colored poem The Human Abstract above a bearded man in blue clutching his head beside a tree.

Songs of Experience: The Human Abstract

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page showing a mother in pink reaching for a naked infant on a bed beneath the poem Infant Sorrow.

Songs of Experience: Infant Sorrow

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page from Blake's Songs of Experience with the poem A Poison Tree, a tree, and a reclining figure below.

Songs of Experience: A Poison Tree

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with the poem A Little Boy Lost, kneeling figures, flames and a thorny green vine beside the text.

Songs of Experience: A Little Boy Lost

[1794] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored illuminated page of Blake's poem A Little Girl Lost, with red script and a tree with vines on the right.

Songs of Experience: A Little Girl Lost

[1794] printed ca. 1825