William Blake, Painter and Poet
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The Sons of God. Design from the Book of Job
WILLIAM BLAKE
PAINTER AND POET
By
Keeper of the Printed Books in the British Museum
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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 |