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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

Blake watercolor of a robed angel leading Eve to a reclining Adam beneath a grapevine.

Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (The Creation of Eve: "And She Shall be Called Woman) (recto); Sket…

ca. 1803

Watercolor drawing of a towering nude angel raising one arm before a sunburst, holding an open book, feet in flame above the

Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10)

ca. 1803-5

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

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a man with a shield standing among draped female figures with halos, before a Gothic hilltop

Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions

1824-1827

Engraving of Job with his three daughters beneath circular vignettes, framed by a vine border with a lyre and verse text.

Job en zijn drie dochters

1825

Engraving of robed figures and musicians gathered by a fiery altar with animals below, framed by text from the Book of Job.

Job dankt God

1825

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