VIBES
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William Blake, 1757–1827

Poet, painter, engraver, a visionary who drew what he saw and printed what he wrote with his own process. Here are some of his works, from museums that have released their images openly. Click any one for a bigger copy. Every source and licence is on the credits page.

Read The Tyger, or the Proverbs of Hell.

 

Songs of Innocence, frontispiece
Songs of Innocence, frontispiece, c. 1825
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0
The Lamb
The Lamb, from Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Library of Congress, public domain
Pity
Pity, c. 1795
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0
The Thought of Death alone, the Fear Destroys
The Thought of Death alone, the Fear Destroys, c. 1790
Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
Visions of the Daughters of Albion
Visions of the Daughters of Albion, 1793
Yale Center for British Art, CC0
The (First) Book of Urizen
The (First) Book of Urizen, 1794
Yale Center for British Art, CC0
Sconfitta, frontispiece to The Song of Los
Sconfitta, frontispiece to The Song of Los, 1795
Library of Congress, public domain
The Song of Los, plate 3
The Song of Los, plate 3, 1795
Library of Congress, public domain
The Soul Hovering Over the Body
The Soul Hovering Over the Body, c. 1796
National Gallery of Art, Washington, CC0
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun
The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun, c. 1805
National Gallery of Art, Washington, CC0
The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea
The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea, c. 1805
National Gallery of Art, Washington, CC0
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment, c. 1809
National Gallery of Art, Washington, CC0
Job and His Daughters
Job and His Daughters, c. 1821
National Gallery of Art, Washington, CC0
Book of Job pl. 8, Let the Day perish wherein I was Born
Book of Job pl. 8, Let the Day perish wherein I was Born, 1825
Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
Book of Job pl. 14, When the Morning Stars Sang Together
Book of Job pl. 14, When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1825
Yale Center for British Art, CC0

Images resized for this site. Sources: credits.

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updated 10/24/26