William Blake

William Blake

(17571827)

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The artist’s works:

God Judging Adam
1795
Tate BritainLondon

God Judging Adam
c.1795
Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

Baptism of Christ
c.1799
Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence

Job and His Daughters
17991800
National Gallery of ArtWashington

St. Matthew
1799
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland

The Last Supper
1799
National Gallery of ArtWashington

Christ trampling on Satan
c.1800
National Museum WalesCardiff

The Day of Judgment
1805
Art Institute of ChicagoChicago

The Holy Family
c.1805
Cleveland Museum of ArtCleveland

Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims
1810, reprinted before 1881
Tate BritainLondon

The Pastorals of Virgil
1821
Princeton University Art MuseumPrinceton

Dante running from the Three Beasts
18241827
National Gallery of VictoriaMelbourne

The Death of the Wicked Man
s.d.
Musée du LouvreParis

.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