William Blake – English Romantic Artist

William Blake (1757 – 1827) was a English Romantic Age painter, poet, and printmaker. His wild imagination and idiosyncratic views have kept him in high regards with the art critics. He began his career as an engraver and also did relief etchings. His views on conventional religion were controversial as were his views on the 19th century “free love” movement and Age of Enlightenment philosophy. Our pattern set has most of his recognized works including “Ancient of Days”, “”Newton””, “”The Ghost of a Fle

Patterns Included In This Set

Ancient of Days

The Murder of Abel

Newton

A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows

The Ghost of a Flea

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun

The Whirlwind of Lovers

The Minotaur (Dante Hell XII)

Jacob’s Ladder

Nebuchadnezzar

Hecate or the Three Fates

Los Entering the Grave

Los

Christ as the Redeemer of Man

When the Morning Stars Sang Together

Creating Adam

Glad Day

Satan Before the Throne of God

Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils

Ghost of Samuel Appearing to Saul

Christ in the Sepulcher Guarded by Angels

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Annunciation to the Shepherds

The Creation of Eve