Chapter I: Front Matter

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_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

WILLIAM BLAKE