William Blake, Painter and Poet

by Richard Garnett

The Sons of God. Design from the Book of Job

WILLIAM BLAKE

PAINTER AND POET

By

RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D.

Keeper of the Printed Books in the British Museum

LONDON

SEELEY AND CO. LIMITED, ESSEX STREET, STRAND

NEW YORK, MACMILLAN AND CO.

1895

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

		PAGE
The Sons of God. From the Book of Job	Frontispiece
The Lamb, and Infant Joy. Songs of Innocence	to face	20
The Fly, and the Tiger. Songs of Experience	"⁠"	24
The Book of Thel, title-page. In facsimile by W. Griggs	"⁠"	33
⁠"⁠⁠"⁠page vi.⁠"⁠⁠"⁠	"⁠"	36
America, page	"⁠"	42
⁠"⁠page	"⁠"	48

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

Morning, or Glad Day. From an engraving by W. Blake	11
Illustration from "David Simple." Engraved by W. Blake after T. Stothard, R.A.	17
From a coloured copy of the "Songs of Innocence and Experience." British Museum	22
Frontispiece of Mary Wollstonecraft's "Stories"	24
Page of Young's "Night Thoughts." Illustrated by W. Blake	26
I want! I want!—Help! Help!—Aged Ignorance!—Death's Door	28
Design from the "Book of Urizen." By W. Blake	34
The Ancient of Days setting a Compass to the Earth. From a water-colour drawing by W. Blake. British Museum	39
Sweeping the Parlour in the Interpreter's House	40
Design from "Milton." By W. Blake	47
Portrait of William Blake. From the engraving by L. Schiavonetti, after T. Phillips, R.A	50
The Reunion of Soul and Body. From Blair's "Grave," illustrated by W. Blake	53
The Babylonian Woman on the Seven-headed Beast. From a water-colour drawing by W. Blake. British Museum	55
Portrait of Wilson Lowry. By John Linnell. Engraved by Blake and Linnell.	61
The Resurrection of the Dead. From a water-colour drawing by W. Blake. British Museum	63
Woodcut from Thornton's Pastoral	64
The Destruction of Job's Sons and Daughters. From the "Book of Job." By W. Blake	67
With dreams upon my bed thou scarest me. From the "Book of Job." By W. Blake	69
Behemoth and Leviathan. From the "Book of Job." By W. Blake	71