William Blake

(1757–1827)

The artist’s works:

God Judging Adam
1795
Tate Britain, London

God Judging Adam
c.1795
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Baptism of Christ
c.1799
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence

Job and His Daughters
1799–1800
National Gallery of Art, Washington

St. Matthew
1799
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

The Last Supper
1799
National Gallery of Art, Washington

Christ trampling on Satan
c.1800
National Museum Wales, Cardiff

The Day of Judgment
1805
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

The Holy Family
c.1805
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland

Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims
1810, reprinted before 1881
Tate Britain, London

The Pastorals of Virgil
1821
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton

Dante running from the Three Beasts
1824–1827
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

The Death of the Wicked Man
s.d.
Musée du Louvre, Paris

.Works:

• Illustrations of The Book of Job (1826)

• The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

• Mary Wollstonecraft’s Original Stories (as Illustrator) (1791)

• Poems of William Blake (English)

• Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience (1789-1794)

Quotes:

• William Blake: Quotations

Blake in Literature:

• Chesterton, G.K. (1874-1936): William Blake (English)

• Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909): William Blake: A Critical Essay (English)

Born November 28 1757 London (England)
Died August 12 1827 London (England)
Occupation Painter Poet
Occupation Printmaker Writer