William Blake
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
* 1757
💀 1827
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.jpg "Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car")
_-_The_Christ_Child_Asleep_on_a_Cross_-_PD.12-2011_-_Fitzwilliam_Museum.jpg "The Christ Child asleep on a cross")
_-_The_Judgement_of_Solomon_-_PD.28-1949_-_Fitzwilliam_Museum.jpg "The Judgement of Solomon")
_-_The_Spiritual_Form_of_Nelson_Guiding_Leviathan_-_N03006_-_Tate.jpg "The Spiritual Form of Nelson guiding Leviathan")
_-_Winter_-_T02387_-_Tate.jpg "Winter")
_-_The_Agony_in_the_Garden_-_N05894_-_National_Gallery.jpg "Agony in the Garden")
1700c
_-_Moses_Indignant_at_the_Golden_Calf_-_T04134_-_Tate.jpg "Moses Indignant at the Golden Calf")
_-_The_Body_of_Christ_Borne_to_the_Tomb_-_N01164_-_National_Gallery.jpg "The Body of Christ Borne to the Tomb")
1770s
1780s
1780s
1780s
_-_John_Milton_(1608–1674)_-_1885.3_-_Manchester_Art_Gallery.jpg "Head of Milton")
_-_William_Blake.jpg "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1-4)")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_101,_"Ode_for_Music."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 101, \"Ode for Music.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_103,_"Epitaph_on_Mrs._Clarke."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 103, \"Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_105,_"Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Church-Yard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, \"Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_107,_"Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Church-Yard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, \"Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_11,_"Ode_on_the_Death_of_a_Favourite_Cat."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 11, \"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_111,_"Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Church-Yard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 111, \"Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_113,_"Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Church-Yard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, \"Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_115,_"Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Church-Yard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, \"Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_13,_"Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 13, \"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_15,_"Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 15, \"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_17,_"Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, \"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_19,_"Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 19, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.\"\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_21,_"Ode_on_a_Distant_Prospect_of_Eton_College."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 21, \"Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_23,_"A_Long_Story."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 23, \"A Long Story.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_25,_"A_Long_Story."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 25, \"A Long Story.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_27,_"A_Long_Story."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 27, \"A Long Story.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_29,_"A_Long_Story."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, \"A Long Story.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_3,_"Ode_on_the_Spring."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 3, \"Ode on the Spring.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_31,_"A_Long_Story."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 31, \"A Long Story.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_33,_"A_Long_Story."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 33, \"A Long Story.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_35,_"Ode_to_Adversity."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 35, \"Ode to Adversity.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_37,_"Ode_to_Adversity."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, \"Ode to Adversity.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_39,_"Ode_to_Adversity."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 39, \"Ode to Adversity.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_41,_"The_Progress_of_Poesy."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 41, \"The Progress of Poesy.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_43,_"The_Progress_of_Poesy."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 43, \"The Progress of Poesy.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_47,_"The_Progress_of_Poesy."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 47, \"The Progress of Poesy.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_49,_"The_Progress_of_Poesy."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, \"The Progress of Poesy.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/05/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_5,_"Ode_on_the_Spring."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 5, \"Ode on the Spring.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_51,_"The_Progress_of_Poesy."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 51, \"The Progress of Poesy.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_53,_"The_Bard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 53, \"The Bard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_57,_"The_Bard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 57, \"The Bard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_59,_"The_Bard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, \"The Bard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_61,_"The_Bard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 61, \"The Bard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_63,_"The_Bard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, \"The Bard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_65,_"The_Bard."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, \"The Bard.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_67,_"The_Fatal_Sisters."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, \"The Fatal Sisters.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_69,_"The_Fatal_Sisters."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 69, \"The Fatal Sisters.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_7,_"Ode_on_the_Death_of_a_Favourite_Cat."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 7, \"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_71,_"The_Fatal_Sisters."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 71, \"The Fatal Sisters.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_73,_"The_Fatal_Sisters."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 73, \"The Fatal Sisters.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_75,_"The_Fatal_Sisters."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 75, \"The Fatal Sisters.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_77,_"The_Descent_of_Odin."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 77, \"The Descent of Odin.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_79,_"The_Descent_of_Odin."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 79, \"The Descent of Odin.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_81,_"The_Descent_of_Odin."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 81, \"The Descent of Odin.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_83,_"The_Descent_of_Odin."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, \"The Descent of Odin.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_85,_"The_Descent_of_Odin."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 85, \"The Descent of Odin.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_87,_"The_Triumphs_of_Owen."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, \"The Triumphs of Owen.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_89,_"The_Triumphs_of_Owen."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 89, \"The Triumphs of Owen.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_9,_"Ode_on_the_Death_of_a_Favourite_Cat."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 9, \"Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_91,_"The_Triumphs_of_Owen."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 91, \"The Triumphs of Owen.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_93,_"Ode_for_Music."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 93, \"Ode for Music.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_95,_"Ode_for_Music."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, \"Ode for Music.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_97,_"Ode_for_Music."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 97, \"Ode for Music.\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dc/William_Blake_-_The_Poems_of_Thomas_Gray,_Design_99,_"Ode_for_Music."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 99, \"Ode for Music.\"")
1792
_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 13 (Bentley 10)")
1793
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/William_Blake_-_Young's_Night_Thoughts,_Page_55,_"Ungrateful,_Shall_We_Grieve_Their_Hovering_Shades"_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Young's Night Thoughts, Page 55, Ungrateful, Shall We Grieve Their Hovering Shades\"\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/William_Blake_-_Young's_Night_Thoughts,_Page_73,_"Draw_the_Dire_Steel/300px-William_Blake_-_Young's_Night_Thoughts,_Page_73,_"Draw_the_Dire_Steel "Young's Night Thoughts, Page 73, Draw the Dire Steel? -- Ah No!--the dreadful blessing\"\"")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/William_Blake_-_Young's_Night_Thoughts,_Page_93,_"If_Angels_Tremble,_'Tis_at_Such_a_Sight"_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, If Angels Tremble, 'Tis at Such a Sight\"\"")
1799
.jpg "Job and His Daughters")
1799
_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Kings_-_FA000034_-_Brighton_Museum_^_Art_Gallery.jpg "The Adoration of the Kings")
1800
1800c
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/William_Blake_-_Jerusalem,_Plate_79,_"My_tents_are_fall'n...."_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "Jerusalem, Plate 79, \"My tents are fall'n....\"")
_-_The_Circumcision_-_PD.153-1985_-_Fitzwilliam_Museum.jpg "The Circumcision")
1800s
_-_Satan_Calling_Up_His_Legions_(from_John_Milton's_'Paradise_Lost')_-_486264_-_National_Trust.jpg "Satan calling up his Legions (from John Milton's 'Paradise Lost')")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Angel_of_the_Divine_Presence_Bringing_Eve_to_Adam_(The_Creation_of_Eve-_"And_She_Shall_be_Called_Woman)_(recto);_Sketch_for_the_same_(verso)_MET_DP805381.jpg "The Creation of Eve: 'And She shall be called Woman'")
.jpg "The Four and Twenty Elders Casting their Crowns before the Divine Throne")
1805
1805
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/William_Blake_-_The_Archangel_Raphael_with_Adam_and_Eve_(Illustration_to_Milton's_"Paradise_Lost")_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Archangel Raphael with Adam and Eve (Illustration to Milton's \"Paradise Lost\")")
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/William_Blake_-_The_Temptation_and_Fall_of_Eve_(Illustration_to_Milton's_"Paradise_Lost")_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg "The Temptation and Fall of Eve (Illustration to Milton's \"Paradise Lost\")")
_-_The_Bard,_from_Gray_-_N03551_-_National_Gallery.jpg "The Bard, from Gray")
1809
_-_An_Allegory_of_the_Spiritual_Condition_of_Man_-_PD.27-1949_-_Fitzwilliam_Museum.jpg "An Allegory of the Spiritual Condition of Man")
1820
1825
.jpg "Christ in the House of Mary and Martha")
1770s
1800s
1800s
1800s
1801-12
1804
1808
1810s
1810s