Skip to main content

A Sampling of William Blake's Art Work

Click on the thumbnails below to view a full size image.

The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve
c. 1825; Watercolor on wood, 32 x 43 cm (12 3/4 x 17 in)

 

The Ancient of Days
Relief etching with watercolor, 23.3 x 16.8 cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in)

 

Joseph of Arimathea Among the Rocks of Albion
Engraving

 

The Blasphemer

 

Nebuchadnezzar

 

Satan Inflicting Boils on Job

 

The Book of Urizen: The Web of Religion
1794. Watercolor and ink on paper, 11 3/8 x 9 1/4" (110 Kb)
executed during Blake's revolutionary period in Lambeth (1793-1800).
The Book of Urizen is Blake's version--or parody--of the biblical Book of Genesis.

 

Glad Day

 

Whirlwind of Lovers (Illustration to Dante's Inferno)

 


Thanks to Nicolas Pioch. Images from his site at: https://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/blake/.