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King Sebert, the North Front of his Monument, 1775
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and shell gold over traces of graphite on paper
Society of Antiquaries of London


Henry III, from the Wall-Painting in the Sedilia above the Monument of King Sebert, 1775
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and shell gold on paper
Society of Antiquaries of London


The Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam, ca.1803
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on paper
Rogers Fund, 1906 (06.1322.2)


The Angel Gabriel Appearing to Zacharias, ca.1799–1800
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Pen and black ink, tempera and glue size on canvas
Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951 (51.30.1)


The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, ca.1805
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Watercolor, brush and gray wash, pen and black ink over graphite on paper
Rogers Fund, 1914 (14.81.2)


The Angel of the Revelation, ca.1803–5
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Watercolor, brush and gray wash, pen and black ink over graphite on paper
Rogers Fund, 1914 (14.81.1)


Capaneus the Blasphemer, ca.1825
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Pen and black ink and watercolor on paper
The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Felton Bequest 1920


Beatrice addressing Dante from the Car, ca.1824–27
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Pen and black ink and watercolor on paper
Tate; purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the National Gallery and donations from the National Art Collections Fund, Lord Duveen and others, and presented through the National Art Collections Fund 1919


Songs of Innocence and of Experience, 1794/ca.1825
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Copy Y ca.1825
Plate 1: Combined Title-page
Relief etchings printed in orange-brown ink, heightened with watercolor and shell gold, with hand-painted decorative borders
Rogers Fund, 1917 (17.10.1)


Catherine Blake, ca.1805
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Graphite on paper
Tate; bequeathed by Miss Alice G.E. Carthew, 1940


Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing, ca.1785
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Tate; presented by Alfred A. de Pass in memory of his wife Ethel, 1910


The Ghost of a Flea, ca.1819–20
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Tempera heightened with gold leaf on mahogany panel
Tate; bequeathed by W. Graham Robertson 1949


Pity, ca.1795
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Color print finished with pen and ink and watercolor on paper, second impression
Gift of Mrs. Robert W. Goelet, 1958 (58.603)


Newton, 1795/ca.1805
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Color print finished in pen and ink and watercolor on paper
Tate; presented W. Graham Robertson 1939


Nebuchadnezzar, 1795/ca.1805
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Color print finished in pen and ink and watercolor on paper
Tate; presented by W. Graham Robertson 1939


Europe a Prophecy, 1824
William Blake (British, 1757–1827)
Plate 1: Frontispiece, The Ancient of Days
Relief etching finished in gold, watercolor and gouache on paper
The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, Great Britain




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