Room 124

William Blake

1757–1827, England (London), Romanticism

Blake was poet, painter and engraver in one and invented his own method of printing text and image together. He saw visions from childhood and created his own mythology with figures such as Los and Urizen. His watercolours for the Bible, for Milton and for the Book of Job are full of light, floating bodies and spirals. Unrecognised in his lifetime, he is now considered one of England’s greatest artists.

All works

• Evening
• Job and His Daughters
• The Last Supper
• Wat Tyler’s Daughter
• Saint Augustine Converting King Ethelbert of Kent
• The Vision of the Lord of Spirits
• A Resurrection Scene (The Gambols of Ghosts)
• An Angel Teaching a Daughter of Men the Secrets of Sin
• The Descent of the Angels to One of the Daughters of Men
• John Linnell
• Enoch before the Great Glory
• The Daughter of Men Becomes a Siren
• A Warring Angel
• Los Supporting the Sun
• The Descent of Peace
• A Man Seen from Behind, Rising on Clouds
• Time’s Triple Bow
• King Canute
• King Edward
• A Figure Ascending in a Glory of Clouds (?)
• The Infant Hercules Throttling the Serpents
• “And Saul Said unto David, Go, and the Lord Be with Thee”
• The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun
• Sketch for the Title-Page of the Engraved Illustrations to the Book of Job
• An Ascending Spiral of Figures
• Moses Staying the Plague (?)
• Job and His Family Restored to Prosperity
• Queen Katherine’s Dream
• Christian with the Shield of Faith, Taking Leave of His Companions
• The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea
• The Ghost of Samuel Appearing to Saul
• The Last Judgment
• Group of Men Seated in a Circle
• The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder (War)
• Joseph of Arimathea Preaching to the Britons
• Dream of Thiralatha [from "America," cancelled plate d]
• Christ Appearing to His Disciples After the Resurrection
• The Death of Saint Joseph
• Mrs. Q.