William Blake

1757–1827

Chaucer’s Canterbury Pilgrims 1810, reprinted before 1881
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Artworks

The Circle of the Lustful: Francesca da Rimini (‘The Whirlwind of Lovers’)

1826–7, reprinted 1892

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Ciampolo the Barrator Tormented by the Devils

1826–7, reprinted 1892

The Baffled Devils Fighting

1826–7, reprinted 1892

The Six-Footed Serpent Attacking Agnolo Brunelleschi

1826–7, reprinted 1892

The Serpent Attacking Buoso Donati

1826–7, reprinted 1892

The Pit of Disease: The Falsifiers

1826–7, reprinted 1892

Dante Striking against Bocca Degli Abati

1826–7, reprinted 1892

Job and his Family

1828, reprinted 1874

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Artist as subject

The Man Who Taught Blake Painting in his Dreams (after William Blake)

Attributed to John Linnell

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The Man Who Taught Blake Painting in his Dreams (counterproof)

After William Blake

after c.1819–20

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Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake)

The Unfinished Conversation

Sir John Akomfrah CBE

Stories

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The Art of the Hustle

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William Blake's illustrations to Dante's Divine Comedy

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William Blake's cast of characters

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William Blake's Jerusalem

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William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience

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Private View: Stay as you are, Mrs Blake

Tim Winton

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William Blake and Bob Marley: Poets and Prophets

Raymond Antrobus

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